• Trade secrets

    The U.S. provides trade incentives for countries with fair labor practices. Will it offer incentives for guaranteeing women's rights, too?
  • Bikini troubles in Dubai

    Women face harassment and groping on Dubai's beaches. Will a police crackdown solve the problem?
  • Simulated workers, unite!

    A swell online game that really, really sucks
  • "I make $1.45 a week and I love it"

    On Amazon Mechanical Turk, thousands of people are happily being paid pennies to do mind-numbing work. Is it a boon for the bored or a virtual sweatshop?
  • Department of Anti-Labor

    A FOIA request proves Bush's Labor Department doesn't like unions. We're stunned.
  • The triumph of capitalism ... for now

    Could globalization be setting the stage for a big labor comeback?
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Triple overtime fun in the wee wee hours. Plus: A look at scab umps. And: Muhammad Ali.
  • Do you know the way to San Antonio?

    With enough work for all, including illegal immigrants, the booming Texas city is the future face of the American workforce.
  • The case for globalized labor

    It is economically and morally wrong for the world's poor immigrants to be locked out of work in the richest countries.
  • Job destruction update

    Why aren't American workers as good as Indian ones at organizing?
  • The left splits over immigration

    Most liberals have celebrated the recent pro-immigration marches. But some leading progressives say illegal immigration hurts American workers.
  • To H-1B or not to H-1B

    High-tech immigration: Bar the door or lay out the welcome mat?
  • Fear, loathing and class warfare

    U.S. immigration policy: "The worst of all possible worlds."
  • Imagine no more borders

    A lesson on immigration from the European Union.
  • The politics of unemployment

    A new must-read: Louis Uchitelle's "The Disposable American."
  • Jobs to where the need is greatest

    A letter on offshoring reeking of hope.
  • Made (expensively) in China

    Reason to cheer: More reports of a Chinese labor crunch.
  • No race to the bottom

    The declining importance of cheap labor in the high-tech economy.
  • The big squeeze on labor

    Globalization gloom-and-doom from Morgan-Stanley's chief economist.
  • Not so cheap labor

    Workers of the world get a raise
  • Israel's political earthquake

    Ariel Sharon's split with the Likud, and the rise of Labor leader Amir Peretz, have turned Israeli politics upside down. Will the new order help bring peace with the Palestinians?
  • Gulf Coast slaves

    Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina -- only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay.
  • "Dude, did I steal your job?"

    "Debugging Indian Computer Programmers" is a lighthearted, first-person look at a touchy subject.
  • A change of heart for Scrooge?

    A leaked memo hints that Electronic Arts might change its exploitative ways. But the workers are unimpressed.
  • Santa's sweatshop

    Electronic Arts developers work night and day to crank out hits like "Madden NFL 2005." But now the elves are revolting.
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