Economy

February 27, 2012 - Caterpillar's recent decision to build a $200 million plant in the right-to-work state of Georgia illustrates the limits of the heralded U.S. industrial recovery.

February 22, 2012 - In her recent State of the State address, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared that unions were "not welcome" there -- part of a broader national assault against organized labor.

February 20, 2012 - The largest independent convenience-store chain in the Southeast, Kangaroo is under fire for refusing to meet with advocates for the farmworkers who pick the tobacco it sells.

February 16, 2012 - A by-the-numbers look at the proposed spending plan that President Obama released this week.

February 15, 2012 - Efforts to organize the jobless are underway in Atlanta and other communities across the U.S., but they face challenges -- including people's resistance to identifying as unemployed.

February 13, 2012 - A new study finds that wage theft is a shockingly common problem -- and a growing number of states and local communities are looking for solutions.

February 8, 2012 - A coalition of leading labor and human rights organizations recently asked Alabama's top three car manufacturers to help convince lawmakers to repeal the state's harsh immigration law -- and one company has already agreed to meet with the advocates.