May/June 2022

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.

The Fight for $20 and a Union

Martin J. Bennett

Another California Minimum Wage Earthquake? | Read more »
The Great Resignation and the Labor Shortage

John Miller

What makes 2022 a great year for a job makeover? | Read more »
Shut Up and Work!

Zoe Sherman

“Free” Labor and Unequal Freedom of Expression | Read more »
Power, Wages, and Inequality

Arthur Macewan

A recent government report has an unexpected focus—power in the workplace. | Read more »

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Wage Laborers in California’s “Factories in the Field”

Bill Barclay, with Photos by David Bacon

Part One of a Two-Part Series on California’s Intensive Agriculture

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editors’ note Tipping the Balance
the short run
two cents
cartoon Slap on the Wrist
up against the wall street journal The Great Resignation
making sense Organizing the Nonprofit Sector
in review Capsule Labor Reviews
economy in numbers Current Employment and Wage Conditions

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Taxing the Top

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

May/June 2022

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars