Americans Don’t Miss Manufacturing — They Miss Unions
Source: Ben Casselman, Five Thirty Eight, May 13, 2016 …..But this much is clear: For all of the glow that surrounds manufacturing jobs in political rhetoric, there is nothing inherently special about...
View ArticleInequality, Opportunity, and the Law of the Workplace
Source: Stetson Law Review, Volume 45, Issue 1, 2015 On March 6, 2015, the Stetson Law Review hosted a symposium titled “Inequality, Opportunity, and the Law of the Workplace.” The symposium brought...
View ArticleThe Decline of American Unions Is a Threat to Public Health
Source: Michael J. Wright, American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 106, No. 6, June 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: Empowerment is critical for public health. The empowerment of women...
View ArticleActually, the Labor-Green Alliance Has Never Been Stronger
Source: Zoë Carpenter, Nation, May 24, 2016 A disagreement within the AFL-CIO about a political partnership with billionaire Tom Steyer is really a sign of progress.
View ArticleWorker-Owned and Unionized Worker-Owned Cooperatives: Two Tools to Address...
Source: Carmen Huertas-Noble, Clinical Law Review, Vol. 22 no. 2, 2016 From the abstract: This article evaluates worker-owned and unionized worker-owned cooperatives as alternatives to the conventional...
View ArticleConservatives Say They Want Another Antonin Scalia. They Really Want Another...
Source: Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones, May/June 2016 …..If a Republican (even Donald Trump) appoints the next Supreme Court justice, he won’t be looking for another Roberts, Kennedy, or even Scalia....
View ArticleUnions Help the Middle Class, No Matter the Measure
Source: David Madland and Alex Rowell, Center for American Progress, June 9, 2016 From the summary: Despite being constantly thrown about by politicians and pundits alike, the term “middle class” has...
View ArticleMandatory Union Dues: A Constitutional Challenge in the Public Sector
Source: Brian J. McKenna and Nancy K. McKenna Labor Law Journal, Spring 2016 (subscription required) On June 30, 2015, the United States Supreme Court granted the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the...
View ArticleEradicating Child Labor in Supply Chains Requires Binding, Enforceable Standards
Source: Sonia Mistry, Solidarity Center, June 10, 2016 …..Unions are key partners in eradicating child labor through the promotion of decent work for adults and advocacy for improved government...
View ArticlePublic Sector Unions, the First Amendment, and the Costs of Collective...
Source: Aaron Tang, New York University Law Review, Volume 91 Number 1, April 2016 From the abstract: Labor laws in twenty-two states permit government employers to compel all employees to pay “fair...
View ArticleWhat Labor Can Learn from Bernie
Source: Joe Burns, Jacobin, June 15, 2016 It’s time to reintegrate radical ideas into the labor movement. … The positive response to Sanders’s avowed democratic socialism — and to his call for a...
View ArticleToward a 21st-Century Labor Movement
Source: David Rolf, American Prospect, April 18, 2016 The old model of collective bargaining can’t be resurrected. Herewith, some new models of how workers can win and wield power. …. …..Borrowing from...
View ArticleWhy Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?
Source: Judith Stein, Jacobin, June 20, 2016 A labor historian debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right. …. Contrary to today’s liberals, Stein argues that it...
View ArticleSymposium: The National Labor Relations Board After Eighty Years
Source: Emory Law Journal, Vol. 64, Special Issue, 2015 Articles include: Panel I: Assessing the NLRB’s Impact and Political Effectiveness Toward Politically Stable NLRB Lawmaking: Rulemaking vs....
View ArticleFriedrichs Rehearing Petition Denied
Source: Juhyung Harold Lee, OnLabor blog, June 28, 2016 Months after reaching a 4-4 tie in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the Supreme Court has denied the petitioners’ request for a...
View ArticleMobilizing Political Information on the Websites of U.S. Labor: Organizations...
Source: Clark F. Greer and Kurt D. Moreland, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 41 no. 2, June 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: This study examined the extent to which mobilizing information...
View ArticleLabor Union Membership and Life Satisfaction in the United States
Source: Patrick Flavin and Gregory Shufeldt, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 41 no. 2, June 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: While a voluminous literature examines the effects of organized...
View ArticleAre Union Members More or Less Likely to Be Environmentalists? Some Evidence...
Source: Todd E. Vachon and Jeremy Brecher, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 41 no. 2, June 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: This study examines the relationship between unionization and...
View ArticleLabor Day 2016: Sept. 5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Facts for Features, CB16-FF.14, July 8, 2016 From the introduction: The first observance of Labor Day was likely on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers assembled in New...
View ArticleThree Recent Wins Prove Old-Fashioned Union Power Isn’t Dead Yet
Source: Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes, July 7, 2016 Three big wins for workers in the last nine months arrived where you might least expect them: in the old, blue-collar economy. That’s the economy where...
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