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  • Economy & Work
    The 'Fight for $15' and the Return of the Vanishing Worker
    April 15, 2015
    | Richard Eskow
    The success of this effort could not only strengthen our economy, but also bring millions of working-class Americans back to the political stage.
  • Economy & Work
    The Week That Workers Won (At Least a Little)
    July 31, 2014
    | Amy Traub
    Today’s economy doesn’t contain a lot of good news for working people, yet the last few days have seen some notable gains.
  • Morning Reads: McDonald's Could be on the Hook for Wage Theft; Mother of Slain Boy Suing Border Patrol
    July 30, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...
  • What I Learned From My Minimum Wage Job
    July 24, 2014
    | Terrance Heath
    When I was 16 years old, I got my first job working the grill at McDonald’s. It punctured my bubble of economic privilege.
  • Economy & Work
    The Bad Boss Tax
    July 21, 2014
    | Sarah Jaffe
    Workers at Target, Wal-Mart and McDonald’s need food stamps to survive. Should the companies be taxed accordingly?
  • Activism
    Seattle’s Minimum Wage Win Began in Zuccotti Park
    June 8, 2014
    | Peter Dreier
    Immediately after the Occupy Wall Street protests began, candidates and elected officials started echoing its themes on our growing inequality.
  • 5 Signs That America Has Gone Bonkers
    May 30, 2014
    | Jim Hightower
    Our 'leaders' today are aggressively enthroning themselves and their ilk as the potentates of our economic, governmental and social systems and snuffing out the light of egalitarianism.
  • Slideshow: NYC Fast Food Workers Rally for a 'Living Wage'
    April 15, 2014
    | Neha Tara Mehta
    Earlier this month, workers and state legislators picketed McDonald's to press Albany to raise the state minimum wage.
  • Seven NY McDonald’s Settle in Wage Theft Case
    March 19, 2014
    | Bryce Covert
    More than 1,600 current and former employees of the fast food franchise will receive payment.
  • Economy & Work
    The Facts on Raising the Minimum Wage
    March 7, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    The idea is popular, so low-wage employers have come up with a number of red herrings.


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