"What makes a job good? A predictable schedule, regular paycheck, time off, health insurance, opportunities for training and advancement? What would it take to make more jobs better jobs, and what might be the limits to such improvement? The vertically integrated corporations of the past, with...

From riots to recession: lawyers in the struggle for Los Angeles -- Garment workers: the anti-sweatshop campaign -- Day laborers: organizing the corner -- Retail workers: negotiating community benefits -- Grocery workers: blocking the big-box invasion -- Truck drivers: greening the ports -- An...

Guest workers on visas in the United States may be unable to quit bad employers due to barriers to mobility and a lack of labor market competition. Using H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B program data, we calculate the concentration of employers in geographically defined labor markets within occupations. We...