Although the most important reason for Proposition 40 is the looming healthcare crisis, it also offers the state a chance to once again lead the nation on policy.

Part of California’s labor movement wants to tax billionaires to save health care for 15 million Californians. Another part, close to Gov. Gavin Newsom, doesn’t — and is promoting suspiciously timed c...

Working people in America are facing a crisis of living standards, Sam Gindin argues, but this has not translated into a crisis for the capitalist system. To challenge ruling class power, the Left sti...

Mariana Mazzucato’s common good economy asks who benefits when taxpayers finance innovation, and how public investment can deliver a public return.

Internal documents disclosed in a British Columbia labor case give us an incredibly detailed look into how exactly Amazon carries out its union-busting operations.

This article refutes three common arguments against taxing the superrich: that they earned their wealth, will leave, or will block it.

The Inaugural Derechos y Esperanza Labor and Employment Conference

Can rideshare drivers be successfully organized without being classified as employees?

Arizona's economy has grown, but many workers still face lagging wages, rising housing costs and limited bargaining power.

California’s Proposition 40 would tax roughly 200 billionaires to fund health care for millions. Google cofounder Sergey Brin and friends have responded by inventing a new kind of pressure group: a lo...

Nvidia’s chief, Jensen Huang, shrugged at a proposed California billion tax. Massachusetts and Sweden show the exodus threat is hollow.

The latest opposition effort is led by Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, who has contributed more than $100 million this year toward California campaign efforts.

This article refutes three common arguments against taxing the superrich: that they earned their wealth, will leave, or will block it.

North America's largest employer grants a first for its workers: an adversarially-bargained union contract

Federally qualified health centers are an essential source of medical care for poor and working-class Americans, especially in rural areas and neighborhoods of color. Medicaid cuts in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could shut them down.

Federally qualified health centers are an essential source of medical care for poor and working-class Americans, especially in rural areas and neighborhoods of color. Medicaid cuts in Donald Trump’s B...

Rick McGahey sees Zohran Mamdani’s effort to balance redistribution and dynamism as a bellwether for the left.

The answer to union contracts being voted down is not for organizers to lower workers’ expectations. It’s to seize that vote as an opportunity to organize those expectations into collective power.

Rick McGahey sees Zohran Mamdani’s effort to balance redistribution and dynamism as a bellwether for the left.

The answer to union contracts being voted down is not for organizers to lower workers’ expectations. It’s to seize that vote as an opportunity to organize those expectations into collective power.

Organizers at Amazon can take lessons from the Fight for 15’s success at building pressure through a broad public campaign—and from its failure to really build an organization of, by, and for workers.

Wondering which U.S. labor law protects your job? Learn if your sector (private, public, gig, rail, or ag) has the legal right to organize, strike, and unionize.

Trump’s Australia retirement idea should sit on top of Social Security, not replace it. The U.S. needs universal accounts and a funded floor.

The United Auto Workers called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The union’s federal monitor didn’t like it—and now he’s investigating Shawn Fain, just weeks before union elections.

Italian unions have signed ‌an agreement with Amazon.com covering leave, employee rights and video surveillance, the unions and the U.S. e-commerce ​giant said on Wednesday.

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Moreno back a broader Social Security tax base as 2032 benefit cuts loom, including taxes on capital gains, dividends and investment earnings.

Germany may raise its retirement age toward 70, but healthier workers, stronger labor institutions, and better jobs make the U.S. comparison misleading

Costco's model and the future of retail

Women investors often trade less and earn better returns. But lower pay, debt, caregiving and household power still keep women from owning enough stock.

Italy lets workers retire after 40 years on the job. That's not early retirement — it's retirement justice. America should learn from it.

Amazon is using AI in terrifying ways to disempower workers. We must fight back.

Social Security’s 2026 Trustees Report warns benefits face a 22 percent cut in 2032. Here’s why the shortfall grew and how broadening the tax base can fix it.

Teresa Ghilarducci & Rick McGahey argue that wage-led growth should form the foundation of a coherent vision for America.