Monetary Compensation of Full-Time Faculty at American Public Regional...
Source: Stephen G. Katsinas, Johnson A. Ogun, and Nathaniel J. Bray, Education Policy Center, Research Paper Presented at the 43rd Annual National Conference of the National Center for the Study of...
View ArticleA pivotal role? The AFL–CIO and the 2008 presidential election
Source: Timothy J. Minchin, Labor History, March 29, 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: This article explores the role that organized labor played in the landmark presidential election of...
View ArticleMartin Luther King Was Assassinated On This Day in 1968—While Fighting For...
Source: Peter Cole, In These Times, Working in These Times blog, April 4, 2106 Today, April 4th, we remember the life and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for on this day, in 1968, he was murdered...
View ArticleImagining U.S. Labor Relations without Union Security
Source: Ann C. Hodges, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, First online: 05 April 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: Attacks on union finances are intensifying. These assaults,...
View ArticleBargaining for the Common Good
Source: Joseph A. McCartin, Dissent, Spring 2016 ….Two things made the Minneapolis People’s Congress particularly significant. First, it signaled a deep alignment of community and labor organizations,...
View ArticleInternal Union Organizing Centered on Building Community
Source: Kris Rondeau, Negotiation Journal, Volume 31 Issue 4, October 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: ….In our unions — the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW),...
View ArticleFaculty Preferences over Unionization: Evidence from Open Letters at Two...
Source: Joel Waldfogel, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NBER Working Paper No. 22149, April 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: What determines employee preferences for...
View ArticleLabor History: Primary Source Set
Source: Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Primary Source Sets, 2016 Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop critical thinking skills...
View ArticleA syndicalist moment? Democracy, insurgent unionism, and the ‘Outlaw Strike’...
Source: Paul Michel Taillon, Labor History, Published online: March 30, 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: This article considers World War I era labor insurgency through an examination of...
View ArticleEvolution of administrative practices in American unions: results from a...
Source: Lois S. Gray, Paul F. Clark, Paul Whitehead, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, April 2016 From the abstract: Evolution of administrative practices in American unions:...
View ArticleTrade Unions and Work-Life Rights: The Challenge of Work-Life Interface in a...
Source: Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, First online: 12 April 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: The issue of work-life rights is increasingly...
View ArticleLabor Market Institutions in the Gilded Age of American Economic History
Source: Suresh Naidu, Noam Yuchtman, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NBER Working Paper No. w22117, March 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: Although 19th century American...
View ArticleMoney Supply, Class Power, and Inflation: Monetarism Reassessed
Source: Ho-fung Hung, Daniel Thompson, American Sociological Review, Published online before print April 20, 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: Recent sociological work shows that...
View ArticleThe Price of Life
Source: James Green, Jacobin, April 2016 Like many coal bosses before him, Massey Energy CEO Donald Blankenship put profits before workers’ safety. … While the loss of life in the Montcoal explosion...
View ArticleLabor Education’s Evolving Forms and Expanding Applicability
Source: Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 41 no. 1, March 2016 From the introduction: Labor education programs exist across the country. Some are parts of certificate- or degree-granting programs, others are...
View ArticleExecutive Compensation in American Unions
Source: Kevin F. Hallock and Felice B. Klein, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and SocietyVolume 55 Issue 2, April 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: We explore compensation of...
View ArticleLabor Unions and Political Mobilization: Diminishing Returns of Repetitious...
Source: J. Ryan Lamare, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Volume 55 Issue 2, April 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: Voter mobilization by unions has garnered some...
View ArticleRedefining the Possible for Labor
Source: Erica Smiley, Inequality.org, April 22, 2016 Our best weapon to combat wealth inequality remains a strong union contract, but innovative direct action is also needed….
View ArticleThe Kochs Spend Tons of Cheddar Badgering America’s Dairyland
Source: Bridge Project, April 2016 From the press release: Bridge Project Releases “The Kochs Spend Tons of Cheddar Badgering America’s Dairyland” about the Koch Brothers’ Corporate Lobbying and...
View ArticleRight to Work (For Less): By the Numbers
Source: Colin Gordon, Dissent blog, May 10, 2016 ….This cascade of disadvantage for workers in RTW states, from lower unionization rates to lesser bargaining power to lower wages, is illustrated in the...
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