Robert Reich / TruthdigAug 27, 2015
As Labor Day looms, more Americans than ever don’t know how much they’ll be earning next week or even tomorrow. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 2, 2014
President Obama carried out some official business on Labor Day, giving Congress a heads-up Monday about a new round of airstrikes in Iraq he had previously approved. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 1, 2014
On the eve of Labor Day, the editors of The New York Times called for a federal "full-employment agenda that regards labor, not corporations, as the center of the economy." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigSep 1, 2014
Who knew that one of the best made-for-Labor Day speeches in American history would be delivered by a CEO? And who could have guessed that the summer's major labor story would not be about a CEO saving the jobs of his workers but about the workers saving the job of their CEO? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 1, 2014
As we burn dead meat and play frisbee in a warming climate, we could stop to consider the lives of the laborers we are theoretically honoring. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Richard Reeves / TruthdigAug 29, 2014
Labor Day is a farce. Even public employees -- read Wisconsin! -- are losing what security America offers. At the minimum, the first Monday in September should be called "Reagan Day." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 2, 2013
As the nation faces a continued and massive gap between the haves and the have-nots, we listen to some different voices and observations about where organized labor is, and where it might be headed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 1, 2013
As the nation's union structures crumble, the stage is set for labor unrest similar to what came during the Great Depression. The reason: reduced mechanisms for mediating grievances as income equality grows. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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