GTS Situation is Just a Typical Labor Dispute… But With Clergy
For more than twenty years I’ve supported workers who exercise their rights to organize to…
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What Worker Justice Has To Do With Religion
Recently a religious book club told me they were taking a pass on reading my book, Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It, because it wasn’t theological enough. At first I shrugged it off…
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What Religion Looks Like, Wisconsin Edition
“Tell me what religion looks like.”
“This is what religion looks like!”
So chanted the 75 religious leaders who marched into Wisconsin’s Capitol in Madison on Tuesday, February 22, in support of the state workers who are opposing Governor…
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King’s More Perfect Unions
A new book of Dr. King’s speeches to labor arrives just as union bashing is enjoying a resurgence.
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A Primer on Activism from Unitarian Universalists
Although most faith bodies and denominations have very strong statements on immigration reform, those same denominations did not activate people. With one glaring exception—the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
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Citizen Wealth
I had mixed feelings last month when Interfaith Worker Justice’s DC office received furniture donations from the ACORN office. While I appreciated the donation of well-used furniture (I’m sure the furniture had been donated to ACORN long before it got to us), I was saddened to be the…
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Wage Theft in America: Why Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid
A leading worker justice organizer writes a book on how and why employers are stealing from the workforce, to the tune of billions every year.
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Could a Prophet Be Confirmed to the US Department of Labor?
Two of the Obama administration’s picks to staff the Department of Labor are coming up for confirmation this week. M. Patricia Smith and Lorelei Boylan face opposition by right-wing business forces, who don’t appreciate the kind of advocacy they represent.
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Want to Love Your Neighbor? Pay Fair Wages
On this Labor Day, consider the results of a new report that reveals the pervasiveness of wage theft in the United States: from less-than-minimum wage pay to unpaid overtime to the refusal of meal breaks, many workers are being matter-of-factly robbed.
Read MoreDispatches from the Workplace: The Big Squeeze
Steven Greenhouse’s engaging new book exposes the crisis of low-wage work.
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