Workers Rights

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

• By Rebecca Worby
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A Supreme Court ruling, Elon Musk's union drama, and more.

• By Jack Denton

The Supreme Court just ruled that employers can require employees to agree to arbitration and waive their rights to file class-action lawsuits.

• By Dwyer Gunn

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

• By Ashley Hackett

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

• By Dwyer Gunn

As long as national borders are strictly enforced, workers at the bottom of the labor ladder will be pitted against one another.

• By Rick Paulas

Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court and various businesses have begun rolling back the rights of older workers in the U.S.

• By Peter Gosselin

Today's decision puts the pop star in a difficult spot.

• By Allison Shapiro

Over the past 25 years, the giant meatpacking company Tyson Foods has taken a lead in pushing for changes in workers’ comp in state after state—often to the detriment of workers.

• By Michael Grabell

Time off for being young? For working swing shift? With extra pay? Not only were U.S. vacation policies drafted by Ebenezer Scrooge before (a working-day) Christmas, but there are lots of time-off practices the Land of the Free missed entirely.

• By Michael Todd

Researchers say the decline of union rights in the U.S. contributes to the growing wage gap for all private sector workers, including nonunion members.

• By Melinda Burns