Hannah Brown

In late May, workers in Seattle locations of Taco Bell, Burger King, Arby's, McDonald's, Subway, and more struck for a living wage and the right to organize. At least two restaurants shut down for the day without workers, who held a rally afternoon…

A new study released by researchers from the Federal Reserve Board, the U.S. Treasury, and Indiana University found that income inequality is becoming increasingly permanent in the U.S. The paper, titled “Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent:…

On May 31, 1997 Rosie “the Riveter” Monroe passed away at the age of 77. A cultural icon throughout World War II, Rosie the Riveter symbolized the mobilization of Americans to support the war effort. She is still a powerful cultural symbol of…

A report by the Urban Institute found that in wake of the recession, the wealth gap between white people and people of color has increased by 150%. The study measured wealth, not income. While the income gap between non-Hispanic whites and people of…

April 24 marked the United Food and Commercial Workers Union's Walmart Day of Action to hold the conglomerate accountable for its poor treatment of workers.Now, as workers worldwide celebrate and protest on May Day, it's time to keep the pressure…

During February and March, workers at Juicy Couture’s flagship store suddenly found their hours dramatically cut, sometimes in half. As employees began to ask management why they were being assigned so few hours and request more, they found that the…

On Thursday April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on his hotel room balcony in Memphis. He was visiting the city to support striking African-American sanitation workers, who objected to their pay being…

The University of Sussex has announced a ban of on-campus protests until September. The injunction is a response to student and staff protests as well as an ongoing occupation demanding that the university not outsource 235 facility-maintenance and…

Though it may be counter-intuitive in a pro-shareholder world, the incentive for grocery stores to treat their employees with dignity and pay a living wage already exists in the bottom line. Whether you want to frequent a pro-labor grocery store to…