In Bessemer and the South, Black Workers Hold the Key
Does the ongoing campaign to unionize the Amazon warehouse, where 85 percent of the workers are Black, portend a return to large-scale campaigns in the region?
IPS Mourns the Death of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka
The former mineworker received the Institute’s Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award in 1990 for his leadership in the successful Pittston coal strike.
Bank Workers Fight to Rein in Global Finance
One often-forgotten group of people have the information — and the motivation — to tame the bests of finance.
Free Trade Agreements Have Exacerbated a Humanitarian Crisis in Central America
Proposals like the Alliance for Prosperity Plan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will only accelerate a race to the bottom for families in the Northern triangle of Latin America, Manuel Perez-Rocha said at the AFL-CIO conference on U.S. trade policy.
Remembering Martin Sabo, A Champion of Fairness
Representative Martin Sabo fought for working people to reduce inequality. We’re proud to have worked alongside him.
Meet Petee Talley: A Trailblazer for Black Women in Labor
Black women are underrepresented in the leadership posts of America’s unions. Petee Talley, the No. 2 figure at the AFL-CIO Ohio, is looking to change that.
A U.S. Pay Ratio Disclosure Victory!
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission has just given Americans an official yardstick for measuring corporate CEO greed.
Richard Trumka: Black Women Leaders of Labor Show Us a “Bright Path Forward”
AFL-CIO president speaks on why the labor movement must encompass black women workers at all levels of organizing
2016 Agendas Tout CEO Pay Reform
A proliferation of 2016 progressive policy agendas include CEO pay reform.
Author Event: Playing Bigger Than You Are
The Institute for Policy Studies and Teaching for Change urge you not to miss a provocative discussion and book signing with Stewart Acuff about “a life in organizing.”
The New U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty: A Public Interest Critique
The new U.S. model BIT does not go far enough to address the concerns that labor unions and environmental, development, and other nongovernmental organizations have raised consistently for many years.
An Eye-Opening Window into America’s Executive Suites
A cutting-edge new Web site, from the nation’s labor movement, offers working Americans the information we need to understand CEO pay excess – and the tools we need to fight it.
Raw Deal Between Washington and Seoul
The recently signed free trade agreement marks the fourth time the United States has tried to remake the Korean economy. This time, the attempt may fail.
How the Peace Movement Can Win
Peace activists helped swing the elections in November. Most Americans want out of Iraq. So why hasn’t the peace movement won already?