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Concern Over 20 Million U.S. Food Workers' Challenges Growing

As the food movement continues to grow, food workers organizations are becoming an increasingly important stakeholder in that movement.

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Make Thanksgiving an Opportunity to Support Walmart Workers

While you enjoy your Thanksgiving meal with family, Walmart employees will be at their store preparing to open at 8 p.m. that night.

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'Where Are Walmart Workers Wednesday' Could Precede Black Friday

For some time now, Walmart workers have been protesting labor conditions that they say are unfair, as well as against what they say is retaliation by

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Got Food? Thank Food Workers!

I am hoping that this year, you also give thanks to the hands that feed us.

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Want to Be a More Productive Worker? Research Says Stay Home

Are you a telecommuter? If you've got a quiet, private place to work, you're probably more efficient.

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State of the Unions: Organized Labor Has Seen Much Better Days

Lest we forget why we've got a three-day weekend, Labor Day is a recognition of American workers and what they've done for all of us.

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GOOD Maker Challenge: Win $250 to Help the Hands that Feed Us

Interested in food system worker rights? Give back to the hands that feed us. Submit your idea to GOOD Maker and win $250.

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Heavy Lifting: Why I Chose Manual Labor Over Making Lattes

In the new gig economy, people of all classes and education levels are doing hard physical work.

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Making It As a Yoga Teacher: Not As Zen As You Think

Think most yoga instructors are rich, serene deities with legions of followers? Think again.

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How Many Minimum-Wage Hours Does It Take To Afford a Decent Life?

This infographic makes clear why there isn't a mass movement to raise the minimum wage—people are too busy working their asses off.

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Ethical Style: There Are Still Sweatshops in America

A former garment worker claims that Alexander Wang ran a “sweatshop,” in the United States of America. Here's a brief history of U.S. sweatshops.

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Goliath Needs a Union, But David Does, Too

The Amazons of the world need unions, but so do the mom-and-pop bookstores.

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Most Americans Still Support Unions and Pensions

We're more concerned with unemployment and job security than government deficits.

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Happy Labor Day: 10 Great Things Courtesy of Labor Unions

Let's remember all the good stuff we've gotten from unions.

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Victory! Workers at Ikea's Lone U.S. Factory Vote to Unionize

Take that. Ikea's U.S. factory managers where behaving very un-Swedish. But they couldn't stop a union campaign without damaging the Ikea brand.