| Aug 28, 2019 | RoundupThis week, we offer a suite of perspectives for Labor Day. Christine Owens explains how democracy doesn’t mean much if workers don’t have a say in their workplace. Tom Lewandowski reports on the human costs of allowing workers to be silenced, and proposes...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyYou deserve to have a say in matters that affect you. Everyone does. That’s democracy. This shouldn’t change when you go to work. Democratic rights in the workplace — including the right to form a union, and the power to speak up about workplace issues — go hand in...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyAs the primaries approach, Democratic presidential candidates will no doubt be touting their support for a $15 per hour minimum wage. None have opposed the idea. A minimum wage increase would put more money in workers’ pockets. But so far, only two candidates —...
| | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyWhat do you do when someone says something offensive? You’re in a group and someone says something racist, sexist, homophobic, classist, transphobic, or otherwise problematic. What they said isn’t OK. Now what do you do? We often talk about “callout...
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