Labor

Major Union Contract Battles on the Horizon in 2024

Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes Dec 27, 2023 2023 set the bar high for the labor movement as the fight for workers' rights continues into the new year. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Hiring Surges in January as Americans Flood Into Job Market

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / The Associated Press Feb 7, 2020 Still, the economy faces threats from China’s viral outbreak, an ongoing trade war and struggles at Boeing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Boeing Papers Show Employees Slid 737 Max Problems Past FAA

DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER / The Associated Press Jan 10, 2020 In internal messages, Boeing employees discuss misleading regulators about problems with the company's flight simulators. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola

ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated Press Jan 1, 2020 Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Boeing Capsule Launches to Wrong Orbit, Skips Space Station

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Dec 20, 2019 The failure represents a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America’s Not-So-Secret Weapon for Dominating the Middle East

William Hartung / TomDispatch Nov 18, 2019 The deadly U.S. monopoly of the Mideast arms trade has become even more dangerous under Trump. Will Congress do something about it? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Ralph Nader: Boeing Is Playing Congress for Fools

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams Nov 5, 2019 The airplane manufacturer refuses to come clean on its negligence and mismanagement, even after a pair of 737 MAX crashes left 346 dead. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Remove Corporate Money From Politics

Jon Queally / Common Dreams Oct 7, 2019 The Vermont senator's latest proposals include replacing the Federal Election Commission, capping individual donations at $500 and more. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

We’re on a Hypersonic Arms Race to Hell

Raj Menon / TomDispatch Oct 2, 2019 The most recent manifestation of the urge to engage in an “arms race” will no doubt create more insecurity in an already unstable world. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Has Bowed to Trump on Trade

Dean Baker / FAIR Aug 28, 2019 The president views deficits in terms of winners and losers. It's a dangerous logic our press seems unable or unwilling to challenge. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ralph Nader: Boeing Execs Must Be Hauled Before Congress

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams Aug 14, 2019 Since a pair of crashes left 346 dead, not a single member of the company's board has testified under oath. The public deserves answers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dwight Eisenhower’s Worst Nightmare Has Come True

William Hartung / TomDispatch Jul 17, 2019 Two of the largest defense contractors in the country are on the verge of merging. This is what a military industrial complex looks like. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )