Walmart Patents Technology to Eavesdrop on Workers

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jul 13, 2018 In addition to capturing conversations, the retail giant's spy system could also track the length of lines at the checkout counter, how many items are scanned and the number of bags employees use. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Preview: The Pope Casts a Long Shadow Over the New Term

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 29, 2015 Francis' full-throated opposition to the death penalty puts him at the opposite end of the moral universe from Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

United Nations Forces a Showdown—With Its Own Workers

BLANK Sep 24, 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is trying to make an end run around the U.N.’s system for negotiating collective-bargaining agreements with its workers. Maybe he needs to call in his organization's International Labor Organization to monitor its own actions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michigan May Be Next Battleground for Anti-Union Forces

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 As Wisconsin voters prepare to head to the polls next week for the recall election of GOP Gov. Scott Walker, anti-labor forces are already eyeing where they will take their union-busting battle to next. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Says It’s Not About Destroying Unions?

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Apr 1, 2011 The centennial commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co fire in New York City, with the loss of 146 young women trapped in a factory that had blatantly ignored the meager safety legislation of the time, paradoxically raises the question of whether we are doomed to forget the past fire in New York City paradoxically raises the question of whether we are doomed to forget the past. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

GOP Tactic: Intramural Class Warfare

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Mar 1, 2011 Seizing the circumstances of hard times, the Republicans are promoting and provoking intramural class warfare. They are pitting what is left of the private-sector middle class against the public-sector middle class. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Starving Wisconsin’s Unions

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 22, 2011 Let's be clear: The high-stakes standoff in Wisconsin has nothing to do with balancing the state's budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )