New Labor Movement for a New Working Class: Unions, Worker Centers, and...
Source: Kent Wong, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 36 no. 1, 2015 (subscription required) ….In many ways, June 15, 1990 was a turning point in the campaign that successfully...
View ArticleUnequal risk
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 2015 Workers in America face risks from toxic exposures that would be considered unacceptable outside the job — and in many cases are perfectly legal. Articles...
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Labor Unions and Worker Co-ops: The Power of Collaboration
Source: Mary Hoyer, Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO), 2015 Many people, including those in the labor and worker co-op movements, think that unions and co-ops are singularly mismatched. Logic has it...
View ArticleClass vs. Special Interest: Labor, Power, and Politics in the United States...
Source: Barry Eidlin, Politics & Society, Vol. 43 no. 2, June 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: Why are US labor unions so weak? Union decline has had important consequences for...
View ArticleHow the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Source: Harold Meyerson, American Prospect, Vol. 26 no. 3, Summer 2015 Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no...
View ArticleScott Walker’s Real Legacy
Source: Donald F. Kettl, Washington Monthly, Vol. 47 nos. 6/7/8, June/July/August 2015 What did the Wisconsin governor’s union busting actually accomplish for the “hardworking taxpayers” of his state?...
View ArticleOrganized Labor, the Supreme Court, and Harris v. Quinn: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Source: William B. Gould IV, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2572695, March 2, 2015 From the abstract: Harris v Quinn presented this issue anew in 2014 – it was the most recent chapter of...
View ArticleOut of Sight: The Labor Abuses Behind What We Eat
Source: Erik Loomis, Dissent Magazine, July 29, 2015 When you think of the globalized economy, you might not think of food. But capital mobility and the legal framework facilitating it have...
View ArticleAmerican Labor Unions Are Falling Down On Digital Workers
Source: Caroline O’Donovan, Buzzfeed News, July 24, 2015 Crowdworkers are among the most underpaid and exploited on-demand laborers. So why aren’t they unionized?
View ArticleAmerican Movements
Source: Dissent, Vol. 62 no. 3, Summer 2015 Articles include: Introducing Our Summer Issue: American Movements Michael Kazin ….The articles in this special section examine the visions and complaints,...
View ArticleImpacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity...
Source: Aaron J. Sojourner, Brigham R. Frandsen, Robert J. Town, David C. Grabowski, and Min M. Chen, ILR Review, Vol. 68 no. 4, August 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: Using a...
View ArticleCollective Bargaining 101
Source: Erin Johansson, Jobs With Justice, August 3, 2015 What is collective bargaining? – Collective bargaining is the formal process of negotiation between an employer and a group of employees—often...
View ArticleCompensating wage differentials and the impact of health insurance in the...
Source: Paige Qin, Michael Chernew, Journal of Health Economics, Volume 38, December 2014 (subscription required) From the abstract: This paper examines the trade-off between wages and employer...
View ArticleThe Coalition of Labor Union Women: Still a Space of Social Creativity and a...
Source: Gill Kirton, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 40 no. 2, June 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014, making it...
View ArticleOrganized Labor and the Unionization of Hispanic, Chinese, and Filipino...
Source: Daniel Schneider, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 40 no. 2, June 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: This work adds a systematic understanding of the diverse relationships of immigrants...
View ArticleNew challenges, new alliances: union politicization in a post-NAFTA era
Source: Tamara Kaya, Labor History, Volume 56 Issue 3, 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: The ascendency of neoliberalism, anti-state ideologies, and increased corporate power has taken...
View ArticleHow Much More Money Would You Make If You Were Unionized?
Source: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig, New Republic, June 11, 2015 On Wednesday, the Century Foundation released a thorough report on virtual labor organizing. If you’re interested in organizing your...
View ArticleThe Union Advantage for Women
Source: Julie Anderson, Ariane Hegewisch, and Jeff Hayes, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), Briefing Paper, IWPR #R409, August 2015 From the press release: A new briefing paper released by...
View ArticleThe Future of Work and Workers
Source: Pacific Standard, 2015 A special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in...
View Article“A Sense of Possibility and a Belief in Collective Power”: A Labor Strategy...
Source: Lane Windham, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, Vol. 12 no. 3, September 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: Historian and former union organizer Lane Windham...
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