The "new economy" has created a demand for "flexible" workers, but it's creating a new social order that brings chaos to the workplace and the home.

Since 1980, an ever greater share of our economic recoveries has gone to those at the top of the pile.

This month, the US Census Bureau revealed that there was a statistically significant decline in poverty last year. Is this worth celebrating?

When the Supreme Court ruled that unions could not collect dues from the home-care workers they represent, the justices set workers and their clients on a course that could harm them both.

There's no need to wait for the next election. Americans know what they want.

One way Obama can address the issue of income inequality is by giving low-wage federal workers the right to organize and bargain for fair working conditions.

Labor Day is not the time to dismiss the ability of organized workers to fight economic inequality.

Cooperative Home Care Associates has 2,300 workers who enjoy good wages, regular hours and family health insurance.

Today’s economy doesn’t contain a lot of good news for working people, yet the last few days have seen some notable gains.

Two House Democrats introduced a bill last week that would make labor organizing a basic freedom no different than freedom from racial discrimination.