“After surviving most of the cutbacks, Jeff told friends and family that he would soon be wearing a blue badge.” Dave Jamieson tells the story of one Amazon temp warehouse worker who died on the job.

Last Friday, United States Labor Secretary Tom Perez visited Gawker Media’s headquarters to talk about jobs, inequality, unions, politics, the TPP, and much more. Watch him answer our questions, below.

There is a growing movement to put an end to “on-call” scheduling practices and give workers more regular, predictable hours. On the other hand, there’s what Amazon is doing.

Yesterday, food theme park Whole Foods announced it is laying off 1,500 employees as part of an effort to lower prices. Here is what those laid-off employees are offered on the way out the door.

The reality TV industry has been the target of union campaigns recently, thanks to its well-documented and widespread awful working conditions. Now, a new survey shows just how much reality TV workers are earning.

Leftfield Entertainment is the reality TV production company behind shows like “Real Housewives of New Jersey” and “Pawn Stars.” Leftield’s bosses really, really do not want their employees to unionize—as the lengthy email below will attest.

You may love your job. You may love your boss. But if your boss has a problem with you getting the money you deserve, then the friendly boss is not your friend.

Last Friday, the ACLU took out a full page ad in the Seattle Times offering to legally represent Amazon employees who were discriminated against by the company. Let’s hope that this is just the beginning.

Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to end its use of “on-call” scheduling, which forces workers to put their lives on hold and come into work on short notice. Banning this practice would be a good thing for a presidential candidate to promise, and then do. http://gawker.com/end-on-call-pa…

There are many media organizations that espouse progressive values—in their editorial product, and in their stated corporate beliefs. Now, employees are asking for unions. How progressive are these good liberal businesses, really?

In honor of America’s new Christmas, “Amazon Prime Day,” please take a moment to reflect on how the now-20-year-old Amazon got here: by treating many of its employees like shit.

A tipster just sent us the video above, which appears to show a (large, male) manger at a Manhattan Panera Bread location punching the hell out of a (small, female) unruly employee.

In Wisconsin, Republicans led by Scott Walker has done an amazing job of destroying public unions and handing all power over the workplace back to business interests. Now, with little fanfare, they want to take away the right for workers to have a single day off.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that challenged the ability of unions to require everyone in a workplace to pay dues. Here is what is at stake in this case: the very existence of public unions.

Last night, Barack Obama announced a big increase in the overtime threshold. For millions of Americans, this could mean a significant earnings increase, and/ or better working conditions. A rare sign of progress in the class war.

Earlier this week, we brought you (more) stories of just how disliked the iconic guitar company Gibson is by employees and customers alike. If you work at Guitar Center, do not share this story! Or else!

Sensing the way the political winds are blowing, unassembled furniture warehouse Ikea is following the lead of retailers like Walmart and raising the wages of its employees. Will that be enough?

If you are not in a union, you are leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars in lifetime earnings on the table. And the CEO is tilting that table, so it all spills into his pocket.

A mere nine months after Walmart employees began vociferously complaining about the company’s new dress code, the company is relaxing its dress code. “My job is to make your life easier,” a Walmart executive who was lying told workers.

We all know why people choose to work for big Wall Street banks: “the money.” But is it “worth it?” It’s hard to imagine that it is.