A new study by one of the country’s most highly regarded labor experts makes clear beyond doubt that illegal employer actions and lax government oversight have denied great and growing numbers of workers the legal right of unionization. That’s had much to with the percentage of workers belonging…

It's the 75th anniversary of what's known in labor lore as "The Big Strike" -- the remarkable event that brought open warfare to San Francisco's waterfront, led to one of the very few general strikes in U.S. history and played a key role in spreading unionization nationwide. It began in May of the…

Although many Americans have been hit hard by the continuing – and alarming – growth of unemployment, none have come close to being hit as devastatingly hard as the country’s African-American workers. The unemployment rate among African-Americans is above 15 percent, more than twice the rate for…

Another season of professional baseball is upon us, another season of a sport that’s billed as the “National Pastime,” yet bars half the population – the female half – from the playing field. Major and minor league teams, as well as most amateur and semi-professional clubs, have kept the game…