Will the Supreme Court deal a blow to trade unions?
Source: S. M., The Economist, Democracy in America blog, February 1, 2018 The court will consider whether unions can require non-member workers to help pay for collective bargaining. OF ALL the...
View ArticleSteward’s Corner: Union Newsletters: Two-Way or No Way
Source: Ellen David Friedman, Labor Notes, February 2, 2018 For union members trying to breathe a little life into their local, a newsletter is often the “go-to” solution. But what should go in it? Say...
View ArticleDon’t Fall for the Members-Only Unionism Trap
Source: Chris Brooks, Labor Notes, January 4, 2018 One of corporate America’s next big goals might surprise you: passing legislation to prevent unions from having to represent workers who don’t pay...
View ArticleThe Relationship between Union Membership and Net Fiscal Impact
Source: Aaron Sojourner, José Pacas, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, IZA DP No. 11310, January 2018 This paper develops the first evidence on how individuals’ union membership status affects their...
View ArticleSteward’s Corner: Challenge Unilateral Changes
Source: Robert M. Schwartz, Labor Notes, February 7, 2018 When management changes an established working condition or adopts a new policy that adversely affects employees, stewards should alert union...
View ArticleThe Disappearing Strike
Source: Doug Henwood, Jacobin, February 12, 2018 Strikes are labor’s most powerful weapon. But last year they fell to nearly an all-time low. The post The Disappearing Strike appeared first on AFSCME...
View ArticleJanus and fair share fees: The organizations financing the attack on unions’...
Source: Celine McNicholas, Zane Mokhiber, and Marni von Wilpert, Economic Policy Institute, February 21, 2018 From the press release: In a new paper, EPI Labor Counsel Celine McNicholas and research...
View ArticleUnions are confronted with an existential threat
Source: The Economist, February 22, 2018 Mark Janus could be making history this year. On February 26th the social worker from Illinois will be sitting with his two lawyers in the hallowed setting of...
View ArticleStopping Sexual Harassment
Source: Camille Colatosti & Elissa Karg, Labor Notes, February 23, 2018 This article is adapted from Stopping Sexual Harassment: A Handbook for Union and Workplace Activists, published by Labor...
View ArticleArgument analysis: Gorsuch stays mum on union fees
Source: Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog, February 26, 2018 The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Janus v. American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees, a challenge by an Illinois...
View ArticleLabor and the Long Seventies: An interview with Lane Windham
Source: Chris Brooks, Jacobin, February 25, 2018 In the tumultuous 1970s, women and people of color streamed into unions, strikes swept the country — and employers launched a fierce counter-attack. The...
View ArticleWest Virginia Teachers Walk Out
Source: Sarah Jaffe, Dissent, February 23, 2018 Walking off the job for the first time in nearly thirty years, West Virginia teachers are channeling the spirit of their state’s historic, militant labor...
View ArticleBuilding a Labor Movement for the 21st Century
Source: Negin Owliaei, Inequality.org, February 28, 2018 As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a landmark labor case, workers across the United States rally to show their collective power and demand an...
View ArticleThe Radical Roots of Janus
Source: Joseph A. McCartin, American Prospect, February 27, 2018 The attorney whose arguments were heard in the Supreme Court yesterday—a decade after his death—actually wanted all unions outlawed. …....
View ArticleWill the Court Consider the Facts in Janus?
Source: Andrew Strom, On Labor blog, February 28, 2018 Mark Janus’s lawyers are desperate to have the Court decide Janus v. AFSCME without considering any facts. Janus is an Illinois state employee,...
View ArticleIt Started in Wisconsin
Source: Ben Manski, Sarah Manski, Jacobin, March 1, 2018 The rise and fall of Wisconsin’s remarkable 2011 uprising holds lessons for a post-Janus world….. …. Journalists reporting on the implications...
View ArticleHow Unions Can Survive a Supreme Court Defeat
Source: Samuel Estreicher, Bloomberg View, March 2, 2018 The demise of “fair-share” rules could cripple organized labor. Here’s a viable alternative. …. To avoid a fatal erosion of their funding base,...
View ArticleU.S. Union Membership Data in Perspective
Source: Glenn Perusek, New Labor Forum, March 2018 Every January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes union membership figures for the United States. For many decades now, these annual...
View ArticleIs There Light at the End of the Tunnel? How Can Organized Labor Survive and...
Source: New Labor Forum, March 2018 (subscription required) Going on Offense during Challenging Times By Marilyn Sneiderman and Secky Fascione How collective bargaining becomes a revolutionary act....
View ArticleGovernors’ Party Affiliation and Unions
Source: Louis‐Philippe Beland, Bulent Unel, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Volume 57, Issue 2, April 2018 (subscription required) From the abstract: Employing a regression...
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