Can Labor Fight Back?
Source: Justin Miller, American Prospect, January 30, 2017 Trump and the Republicans plan to roll back worker rights to pre-New Deal levels.
View ArticleLet’s Get to Work
Source: Erik Forman, Jacobin, February 7, 2017 “Salting” built the early American labor movement — and it can revive it today.
View ArticleRepublicans Are Set to Destroy Iowa’s Labor Unions
Source: Emmett Rensin and Lucy Schiller, New Republic, February 7, 2017 With the GOP now in full control of the state, 40 years of carefully negotiated agreements are about to be erased. …. ….In 1974,...
View ArticleMajor Work Stoppages in 2016
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release, USDL-17-0180, February 9, 2017 In 2016, there were 15 major work stoppages involving 99,000 workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
View ArticleDimick on Other Avenues Unions Can Serve their Members (and Encourage...
Source: Matthew Dimick, Workplace Prof blog, Guest Post, February 23, 2017 …A few weeks ago, OnLabor.org featured a post I wrote about the Ghent system and progressive federalism. At the end of that...
View ArticleDivisions Of Labor
Source: Barbara Erenreich, New York Times Magazine, February 23, 2017 New kinds of work require new ideas — and new ways of organizing. …. The old jobs aren’t coming back, but there is another way to...
View Article“You are in a better position to protect people when you feel like you’re...
Source: Robyn K. Douglass, Smith College School for Social Work, Masters Thesis, 1705, Publication Date 2016 From the abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the question: “to what extent...
View ArticleHow A Rat Balloon From Suburban Chicago Became A Union Mascot
Source: Max Green, WBEZ, March 8, 2017 Large inflatable-rats, with their claws out and lips curled into a snarl, have become a common sight on picket lines throughout the Chicago area. The balloons,...
View ArticleA Modern Union for the Modern Economy
Source: Jeffrey M. Hirsch, Joseph Seiner, University of North Carolina School of Law, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2924833, Last revised: 19 Mar 2017 From the abstract: Membership in...
View ArticleThe Impact of “Right-to-Work” Laws on Labor Market Outcomes in Three Midwest...
Source: Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, April 3, 2017 From the summary: A new study finds that the introduction of “right-to-work”...
View ArticleYour Boss’s Big Little Secret
Source: Rebecca Kolins Givan, Jacobin, April 4, 2017 You have a right to know how much your coworkers are paid — and if you want to close the wage gap, you should. … ….For most American workers,...
View ArticleThe Union Household Vote Revisited
Source: Jake Rosenfeld and Patrick Denice, OnLabor blog, April 11, 2017 A spate of labor-related election postmortems converged on one key theme: Donald Trump managed to cleave significant union...
View ArticleShowdown at Nissan: the 1989 campaign to organize Nissan in Smyrna,...
Source: Timothy J. Minchin, Labor History, Latest Articles, Published online: 05 Dec 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: In July 1989, workers at Nissan’s plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, voted...
View ArticleA reborn American labor movement is coming—if unions are bold enough to change
Source: Dan Schlademan, Quartz, April 6, 2017 Donald Trump’s presidency has elevated debate about the grim future of unions. While more policies and laws undermining workers seem inevitable, the...
View ArticleWe Need To Restore the Frayed Alliance Between Unions and Progressives
Source: Cynthia Phinney, Peter Kellman and Julius Getman, In These Times, March 30, 2017 Progressives are finally energized. Millions of young people became politically active through the presidential...
View ArticleHealth Care Workers Bring Sanctuary Movement into the Union
Source: Porfirio Quintano, Labor Notes, April 13, 2017 I had no money and spoke no English when I illegally crossed the border into California 23 years ago, but I worked hard and fought for the right...
View ArticleThe Drivers of Public Sector Pension Reform Across the U.S. States
Source: Michael Thom, The American Review of Public Administration, Volume 47, Issue 4, May 2017 (subscription required) From the abstract: This study analyzes the diffusion of public sector pension...
View ArticleDemocrats and Labor: Frenemies Forever?
Source: Erik Loomis, Boston Review, April 18, 2017 The Democratic Party has hastened the demise of the labor movement, but unions have little choice but to stick with them.
View ArticleIn the Age of Trump, Can Labor Unite?
Source: Alexandra Bradbury, In These Times, May 2017 Donald Trump performed far better among union voters than previous Republican candidates, but since taking office has enacted disastrous anti-worker...
View ArticleHow the Ivy League Collaborates with Donald Trump
Source: Nelson Lichtenstein, Dissent blog, April 25, 2017 …. Nowhere has this rejection of Trump’ extremism been more steadfast than on the university campus, especially at those elite, historically...
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