Labor - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/labor/?source=rss&aim=labor en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Why Dilbert is doomed By Michael Lind Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/healthcare_employment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/healthcare_employment/index.html?source=rss The jobs of tomorrow are not what you'd expect That sound you hear is the social fabric about to snap By Michael Lind Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/jobs/index.html?source=rss The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here's what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis So much happening in D.C., so little to show for it By Robert Reich Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/09/october/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/09/october/index.html?source=rss Healthcare, global warming, Wall Street, jobs -- none of the government's proposed solutions add up to much Salon interviews the late Adam Smith By Michael Lind Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/adam_smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/adam_smith/index.html?source=rss The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy The government isn't hiring, either By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/public_sector_job_losses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/public_sector_job_losses/index.html?source=rss A big chunk of September's job losses came from the public sector. Should we be encouraged by that? Labor report downer: 263,000 jobs lost By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/september_labor_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/september_labor_report/index.html?source=rss No good news in September, as the national unemployment rate creeps ever closer to 10 percent Who are the wealth creators? By Michael Lind Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/07/labor_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/07/labor_day/index.html?source=rss The right says the answer is rich people, not workers -- who are wealth destroyers Just in time for Labor Day: Massive unemployment By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/04/labor_day_weekend_labor_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/04/labor_day_weekend_labor_report/index.html?source=rss The pace of job loss continues to slow, but the overall picture is still grim The paleolibertarian war on Herbert Hoover By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/the_paleolibertarian_war_on_herbert_hoover/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/the_paleolibertarian_war_on_herbert_hoover/index.html?source=rss When the starting premise is that the State is evil, every politician becomes a meddling New Deal interventionist Working class heroes, continued By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/29/pro_labor_herbert_hoover_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/29/pro_labor_herbert_hoover_3/index.html?source=rss Brad DeLong takes a longer look at the Hoover-labor-Great-Depression thesis The Hoover pro-labor thesis: "Completely wrong" By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/28/pro_labor_herbert_hoover_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/28/pro_labor_herbert_hoover_2/index.html?source=rss Economic historian Brad DeLong pushes back against revisionist Great Depression history Herbert Hoover: The working man's hero By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/28/pro_labor_herbert_hoover/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/28/pro_labor_herbert_hoover/index.html?source=rss An economist argues that Hoover's "pro-labor policies" turned a bad recession into the Great Depression Liberalism without labor unions? By Michael Lind Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/25/labor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/25/labor/index.html?source=rss Hey Democrats: Can liberal interest groups and social elites really form the basis of a successful political party? A union boss to oversee Wall Street By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/24/on_the_new_york_fed_waterfront/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/24/on_the_new_york_fed_waterfront/index.html?source=rss Call it "On the New York Fed Waterfront." The man from the AFL-CIO just got a big promotion Can I help the handyman who sleeps on a cot? By Cary Tennis Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/20/handyman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/20/handyman/index.html?source=rss This guy in our neighborhood has it rough, but I need to maintain clear boundaries America gets laid off, Goldman Sachs employees get a raise By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/02/good_times_bad_times/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/02/good_times_bad_times/index.html?source=rss The June jobs report is a serious bummer, but "the good times continue to roll" on Wall Street The enforced leisure society By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/09/the_enforced_leisure_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/09/the_enforced_leisure_society/index.html?source=rss The rate of job losses might be slowing, but the rate at which workers are forced to work fewer hours is not. Labor market surprise: Much less horrible than usual By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/05/unemployment_improvement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/05/unemployment_improvement/index.html?source=rss The economy shed "only" 345,000 jobs in May. Even with the unemployment rate rising to 9.4 percent, it's good news Specter gets ready to flip back on union bill By Mike Madden Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/efca/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/efca/index.html?source=rss Surprise: The Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat says he's prepared to find a deal to support legislation to make it easier for workers to join unions. Twittering the end of Reagan-Thatcherism By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/02/the_g_20_twitter_feed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/02/the_g_20_twitter_feed/index.html?source=rss A tale told via cryptic one-liners: 20th century ghosts are haunting the G-20 summit meeting. The RV's last roundup Mark Schone, with additional research by Ben Travers Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/03/20/rv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/03/20/rv/index.html?source=rss Big-name brands are dying and even Winnebago is under the weather. Can the recreational vehicle survive the recession? Wherein I break one of my rules By Joe Conason Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/27/geoghegan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/27/geoghegan/index.html?source=rss For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago. As labor woes mount, Sean Hannity cackles about "socialism" By Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/05/labor_and_hannity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/05/labor_and_hannity/index.html?source=rss The newest jobless claim figures are setting records, but for the hard right, the real "catastrophe" is Obama Praise-based Economy: How Much Are You a Part of It? By Darrell Etherington Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/web_life/2009/01/05/praise_based_economy_how_much_are_you_a_part_of_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/web_life/2009/01/05/praise_based_economy_how_much_are_you_a_part_of_it/index.html?source=rss The economic Civil War By Michael Lind Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/third_reconstruction/index.html?source=rss The South's attempt to kill the North's auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It's time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it.