The New Journalism
Not long ago, journalists were expected to work stories by getting out of the office and tracking them down. The new breed of online journalists who have replaced them sit on their butts, monitoring...
View ArticleLOS ANGELES TIMES CARTOON: Sick Days as “Job Killer”
There they go again. Whenever anyone floats an idea that would improve the lives of workers — shorter hours, higher wages, or better working conditions — employers claim they’ll be forced to fire...
View ArticleBack to Normal
Pundits and politicians are looking forward to the “recovery” following race riots in Ferguson, Missouri. What will “back to normal” look like? Police randomly stopping young black men in the streets...
View ArticleShip of Fools
Writing in the New York Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin notes the difference between the way boards compensate their CEOs and ordinary workers. CEOs get more pay than they request because they think the...
View ArticleBrother, Can you Spare a Dime? How to be Unemployed
Originally published at Breaking Modern: Your phone rings. It’s your boss. “Hey, Ted, can you step into my office now?” You enter your boss’ office. The first thing you notice is the lady from human...
View ArticleThe Freelance Workers Manifesto
Originally published by Breaking Modern: Occupy Wall Street is no more, but its demand that America treat its workers better remains at the forefront of the national conversation. Jobs and stagnant...
View ArticleOpen Office Spaces: If Only Skateboards Were Allowed
Workers hate hate hate open office spaces, which they say make them feel undignified, constantly distracted and cramps their personal space. But corporations think workers should just tolerate open...
View ArticleSYNDICATED COLUMN: Digging Your Own Grave: Evil Employers Can Lay You Off,...
You’ve seen it in movies: gangsters are going to kill a guy. But before they do, they force him to dig his own grave. Who would go along with that? What are these doomed souls thinking? Why, during...
View ArticleTPP
Economists say that free trade agreements like TPP, which are unpopular with voters and have driven the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders,are good for the American economy overall, as long...
View ArticleNon-Competes
One out of six American workers, including manual and low-level laborers, are forced to sign non-compete agreements. It’s abusive, it’s strange, and studies say wages are 10% lower on average as a...
View ArticleBe Careful of the Inflation You Don’t Wish for
Conventional economic wisdom harbors a great fear of inflation. But deflation is even worse. It is entirely possible that the economy will seize up again as people decide to stay home and away from...
View ArticleLabor-Management Non-Relations
The clash between labor and bosses used to be so violent that it sometimes resulted in deaths. Now no one wants to talk to one another. Remote workers slack off as quiet quitters, employers scheme as...
View ArticleDMZ America Podcast 71: A Look Behind the Looming Freight Railroad Strike
Freight-train conductor Toby Kemp joins political cartoonists Ted Rall (Left) and Scott Stantis (Right) for a behind-the-scenes look at life for railroad workers in the run-up to a likely national rail...
View ArticleTwo Bad Options, One Obvious Choice
Historically, unemployment tends to go up under Republicans and down under Democrats. Meanwhile, Democrats like Jimmy Carter and of course the current president have suffered from inflation. But what...
View ArticleFirst They Came for Bigger Cubicles
Unemployment fell to the 3.4%, the lowest on record since the early days of the Richard Nixon administration. Jobs have never been easier to find and workers are able to get raises. The American...
View ArticleTrump, the UAW and the Next Realignment
Bipartisanship is dead. But job-killing trade agreements like NAFTA were promoted by politicians of both major parties alike—until Donald Trump. “Our politicians have aggressively pursued a policy of...
View ArticleLook for the Union Libel
In a history-making act of performativeness, President Joe Biden appeared at a UAW picket line. But he didn’t picket or offer meaningful government support. The post Look for the Union Libel first...
View ArticleDeath to the Credentialocracy
The summer after junior year, my college expelled me. Six years later I returned and graduated with honors. During the interregnum, I worked. But finding a decent job was tough. No matter how easy or...
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