Labor

How to make factory conditions betterAfter years of research into global production systems, an MIT political scientist is convinced that government, not just the private sector, must help keep workers safe.

Hard times in ChicagoMIT anthropologist’s new book recounts the painful aftermath when steel plants suddenly closed in the American heartland.

A different operating procedureMIT Sloan’s Katherine Kellogg goes inside hospitals to study medical practices.

When (and where) work disappearsStudy: Overseas manufacturing competition hits U.S. regions hard, leaving workers unemployed for years and local economies struggling.

3 Questions: Michael Piore on labor disputes at the ballot boxLabor economist sizes up the impact and meaning of this week’s high-profile Ohio referendum to restore collective bargaining rights for public employees.