FPIF Issues: Labor

Free Trade Agreement Ignores Colombian History of Violence Against Trade Unions

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:59 -0400

Colombia is widely regarded as the world's most dangerous place to be a trade union member.

Labor Trafficking: Modern-day Slave Trade

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Migrant workers are the slaves of the modern world.

True Lies About Apple and Foxconn

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:26:37 -0400

The Mike Daisey saga has shown that melodrama and sentimental fiction cannot alone change the world, but they have a place in progressive politics.

When Kony Met Daisey

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:21:18 -0400

Should we let the truth get in the way of a good story?

Beating China, Corporate Style

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:20:56 -0500

Why should anyone believe that catering to the interests of U.S. corporations located in or returning from China will make American workers any better off?

Egypt's other revolution: Modernizing the military-industrial complex

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:16:13 -0500

Planners in the Egyptian military want to boost the old defense-industrial complex by cultivating new smaller scale projects that partner the Egyptian armed forces with a diverse portfolio of second- and third-tier foreign defense manufacturers.

Apple's iEconomy a Veritable Labor Dystopia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500

Mike Daisey's appearance on "This American Life" has made it impossible to ignore Apple's labor abuses.

The Apple Connection

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:41:00 -0500

Apple's march to market supremacy has been accomplished at tremendous cost to both American and Chinese workers.

War: The Wrong Jobs Program

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:13:49 -0500

Can we run our economy on military spending?

An Alternative Eulogy for Steve Jobs

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:10:23 -0400

Jobs certainly thought differently, but the company he created acted the same as the competition.