Labor

February 11, 2014 - The Moral March on Raleigh drew diverse groups from across the state and elsewhere around the country to protest the extreme right-wing agenda that has gripped North Carolina.

February 7, 2014 - As workers at Nissan's plant in Canton, Miss. fight for the right to an intimidation-free union election, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. prepare to vote in a secret-ballot election beginning Feb. 12.

January 27, 2014 - Kellogg's profits are up. So why has the breakfast cereal giant locked out workers at its factory in Memphis, a city that has been the site of other historic labor struggles?

January 9, 2014 - To address the lack of representational equity for workers in the U.S. political system, some have proposed changing labor laws to allow employees at a particular workplace to form "political unions." But would that just replace hard-won gains in collective bargaining with a toothless form of worker activism?

November 26, 2013 - Walmart workers are gearing up for Black Friday with a series of short strikes around the country this week, and many more actions are expected on Black Friday itself.

November 6, 2013 - A look at what's happening in labor around the South, from a conference on the tragic consequences of U.S. drug policy, to corporate welfare in Mississippi, to a union's struggle with a cereal giant in Tennessee.

October 29, 2013 - The United Auto Workers union is trying a new approach to organizing the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. that's inspired by European labor. But it's facing well-financed resistance from the Tea Party, Chamber of Commerce, and political establishment.