Work and Economy

April 7, 2014 - A Tennessee TV station obtained a leaked document that showed Gov. Bill Haslam offered $300 million to Volkswagen to expand its Chattanooga plant -- as long it kept out the UAW. Haslam had previously denied any role in the plot to block the union.

April 3, 2014 - The Coalition of Immokalee Workers had been talking to Walmart, but it's the first company to sign up before any public protests. Organizers say the now up-and-running Fair Food Program made the difference.

March 17, 2014 - The Immokalee farmworkers of Florida have won battles against some of the food industry's biggest corporations, and now they're taking aim at Publix and Wendy's.

March 7, 2014 - The restaurant industry is the largest source of sexual harassment claims, while Florida's Coalition of Immokalee Workers says harassment of women farmworkers is pervasive.

February 28, 2014 - Already under scrutiny for its coal ash pollution, Duke Energy has been named in a new report about U.S. companies that don't pay corporate income taxes. Meanwhile, its dirty business model takes a heavy toll on the public purse as well as public health.

February 21, 2014 - This week nearly 150 activists and scholars gathered at Duke University to discuss what approaches and strategies will be needed if unions are to succeed in the South.

February 21, 2014 - This week the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis that claimed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would reduce total employment. But many economic experts disagree -- including seven Nobel Prize winners and eight former presidents of the American Economic Association.