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A California Court Just Ruled That Gig Workers Are Bona Fide Employees. Will Courts in Other States Follow Suit?

The California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this week on the classification on independent contractors. The decision is expected to have big ramifications in California and elsewhere.

Dwyer Gunn

Snapshots of American Unions Through the Ages

Twelve photos that show the evolution of the U.S. labor movement from the early 1900s to today.

Ashley Hackett

Economics

The Compounding Damage of Gender-Based Wage Inequality

Experiencing early wage discrimination can set women back again and again, as small-percentage raises prevent them from ever truly breaking the cycle.

Aubrey Menarndt

Can the Alt-Labor Movement Improve Conditions for American Workers?

An expert gives us an overview of the movement sweeping labor reform.

Dwyer Gunn

August of 1980: Members of the Trade Union, Solidarity, who are on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland.

The State of the Unions

Introducing a weeklong Pacific Standard series on America's labor unions.

Dwyer Gunn

Commuters exit Penn Station during the morning rush hour on July 7th, 2017, in New York City.

Economics

The Rise of the 1 Percent Negates Any Progress in the Racial Income Gap

The income gap has been virtually unchanged for the last 50 years, and rising income inequality is part of the reason why.

Dwyer Gunn

An employee restocks a shelf in the grocery section of a Walmart on May 11th, 2005, in Troy, Ohio.

Economics

Walmart Promises Higher Pay Under Tax Overhaul

Walmart is one of several companies that has announced raises and one-time bonuses for employees after Congress passed its tax overhaul.

Francie Diep

Economics

The CEO Pay Cap Is Even Less Effective Than We Thought

Companies are increasingly using pay-for-performance to get around a $1 million federal limit on tax deductions for executive compensation.

Allan Sloan

Economics

Incomes Continue to Stagnate and Decline

Workers keep losing ground.

Martin Hart-Landsberg

Economics

The Future of Work: Shorter Hours, Higher Pay

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Dorothy Sue Cobble