Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse is the labor and workplace reporter for The New York Times, having held that beat since October 1995.
He joined The Times in September 1983 as a business reporter, covering steel and other basic industries. He then spent two-and-a-half years as the newspaper’s Midwestern business correspondent based in Chicago. In 1987, he moved to Paris, where served as The Times’s European economics correspondent, covering everything from Western Europe’s economy to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. After five years in Paris, he became a correspondent in Washington for four years, first covering economics and the Federal Reserve and then the State Department and foreign affairs.
As labor and workplace reporter, he has covered many topics, including poverty among the nation’s farm workers, Wal-Mart stores locking in their workers at night, labor’s role in politics, the shortcomings of New York State's workers compensation system and the battles to roll back collective bargaining rights for public employees.
Mr. Greenhouse, a native of Massapequa, N.Y., is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut (1973), the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1975) and the New York University School of Law (1982).
Immediately before joining The Times, he clerked for Judge Robert L. Carter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 1976 to 1979, he was a reporter at the The Record in Hackensack, N.J.
His book, "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker," was published in April 2008 by Alfred A. Knopf. "The Big Squeeze" was published in paperback in February 2009 and won the 2009 Sidney Hillman Book Prize for nonfiction.
Articles
Just 13, and Working Risky 12-Hour Shifts in the Tobacco Fields
Public health experts say hundreds of children under 16 continue to work in America’s tobacco fields, where they are exposed to harmful chemicals like nicotine.
September 7, 2014, Sunday
Hundreds of Fast-Food Workers Striking for Higher Wages Are Arrested
Nationwide protests took place in about 150 cities, including New York, organizers said, with workers and their labor allies demanding a $15-an-hour wage.
September 5, 2014, Friday
Fast-Food Workers Seeking $15 Wage Are Planning Civil Disobedience
Labor organizers hope to recruit home health care aides to join in protests in 100 cities on Thursday.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
More Workers Are Claiming ‘Wage Theft’
A flood of recent lawsuits and government enforcement actions accuse employers across the country of violating laws regulating employee pay.
September 1, 2014, Monday
The Changing Face of Temporary Employment
The number of temps has reached a new high, and many are working in more dangerous situations than full-time workers.
September 1, 2014, Monday
A Coveted Internship, but Its Holder Sues Anyway
Kimberly Behzadi claims the talent agency ICM Partners violated minimum wage laws by not paying her.
August 2, 2014, Saturday
Labor Ruling on McDonald’s Has Business Worried
Industry trade groups quickly signaled their intention to ask the federal courts to overturn a ruling that holds McDonald’s liable for the actions of its franchisees.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
Obama Plans New Scrutiny for Contractors on Labor Practices
An order by President Obama will direct officials to avoid doing business with companies that have repeated workplace violations.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
De Blasio’s Plans to Reduce Worker Health Costs Have a Carrot and a Stick
In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio's negotiations with municipal workers’ unions are focusing on expanded use of walk-in clinics and other cost-saving measures.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
McDonald’s Ruling Could Open Door for Unions
If upheld, the decision by the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel could upend employment practices in the fast-food industry and invite unionization.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
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