Labor

New research finds that people whose jobs constantly call on them to feign friendly emotions often turn to the bottle after work.

Often relegated to the small print, session musicians helped create the most iconic songs of the last century. Hal Blaine was one of the greatest, and quietest, among them.

As Richard D. Wolff explains, the company's valuation and Jeff Bezos' personal wealth are signs not of unrivaled innovation, but of economic extortion.

Saweetie's brash attitude is more than bravado—it's an essential part of her plan to dominate rap.

Producer Jennifer Lee is nominated for a Grammy this year for an album she wrote in the aftermath of life-saving brain surgery.

A running series in which women musicians of color discuss art, labor, and representation in the music industry.

That membership dropped only slightly is somewhat surprising given how unfriendly the current administration is to organized labor.

Red for Ed teachers face retribution in Arizona, even as strikes grow next door.

Organizers say the L.A. movement to better fund public education will inspire solidarity movements nationwide.

The most important reads from our coverage of unions, driverless tech, urban gentrification, and more.

A new report argues that the biggest driver of wage stagnation is a decline in workers' power.

The human cost of job loss can be enormous, leading to depression, failing marriages or health, and even suicide.

An organizer with a couriers union discusses the ongoing campaign to improve the gig economy.

The economy added 134,000 jobs in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Grassroots Campaigns canvasses for such non-profits as Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union. But former employees say the organization has taken a hardline—and repressive—view of labor reform within its own ranks.

Pacific Standard spoke with Amazonian activists, grandmothers, and small children at Saturday's march in San Francisco.

The White House is countering a government agency's findings that Americans' wages haven't grown as quickly as cost of living over the past year.

For Labor Day, a selection of some of our favorite stories on the American worker in 2018.

Identifying union fees as a matter of free speech works both ways.

Pacific Standard spoke with a labor researcher about the likely effects of the landmark Supreme Court decision passed on Wednesday.

Union advocates argue that the loss of agency fees will financially decimate public-sector unions.

Thousands of public-sector employees march during a strike called by labor unions to protest against austerity measures in San José, Costa Rica, on June 25th, 2018.

In this historically anti-union state, organizing even a small number of workers is a big deal.

Solidarity creates a formidable challenge for the New York City university's administration.