Ballotpedia releases research on public-sector union membership
Source: Dave Beaudoin, Ballotpedia, Daily Brew, September 20, 2019 Nearly 50% of the country’s public-sector union employees are located in five states, according to a new Ballotpedia study released...
View ArticleAFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions
Source: AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions, Report to the AFL-CIO General Board, September 2019 ….We present this report with fresh optimism that working people can and will build a...
View ArticleNow Is a Good Time for Working People to Get Involved in Politics: An...
Source: Meagan Day, Jacobin, September 27, 2019 Liliana Rivera Baiman is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a working mother, an immigrant, and a community and union organizer...
View ArticleHow to Strike and Win: A Labor Notes Guide
Source: Labor Notes, November 2019 From the introduction: A good strike is an exercise of power, not just a rowdier form of protest. There is something you want, and a decision-maker who could give it...
View ArticleThe Recent Evolution of Wisconsin Public Worker Unionism since Act 10
Source: David Nack, Michael Childers, Alexia Kulwiec, Armando Ibarra, Labor Studies Journal, OnlineFirst Published July 30, 2019 (subscription required) From the abstract: This paper examines the...
View ArticleThe Progressive Labor Platform is Popular
Source: Kevin Reuning, C. M. Lewis, Data for Progress and Strikewave, October 3, 2019 From the summary: Data for Progress surveyed key components of Bernie Sanders’s “Workplace Democracy Plan” and...
View ArticleEmployees Accuse Google of Developing ‘Surveillance Tool’ to Prevent Unions
Source: Ryan Gallagher, Bloomberg, October 24, 2019 Google employees are accusing the company’s leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool that they believe will be used to monitor workers’...
View ArticleUnion workers more likely than nonunion workers to have retirement benefits...
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, TED: The Economics Daily, October 25, 2019 Ninety-four percent of civilian union workers and 67 percent of nonunion workers had access to...
View ArticleUntapped Power: The Strength of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific...
Source: Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) AFL-CIO, November 2019 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) workers are the fastest growing working age population in the...
View ArticleSolidarity and disparity: Declining labor union density and changing racial...
Source: Jerzy Eisenberg‐Guyot, Stephen J. Mooney, Amy Hagopian, Wendy E. Barrington, Anjum Hajat, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Early View, December 17, 2019 (subscription required) From the...
View ArticleClean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy
Source: Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School, January 2020 From the summary: Since the founding of the country, concentration of power in the hands of a small...
View ArticleUnion Membership Byte 2020
Source: Hayley Brown and Hye Jin Rho, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), January 22, 2019 From the abstract: CEPR’s annual Union Membership Byte gives an in-depth analysis of union...
View ArticleLabor Antitrust’s Paradox
Source: Hiba Hafiz, Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 521, Last revised: 19 January 19, 2020 From the abstract: Growing inequality, the decline in labor’s share of national...
View ArticleDevelopment on a Cracked Foundation: How the Incomplete Nature of New Deal...
Source: Leo E. Strine Jr., Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 19-48, November 22, 2019 From the abstract: Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Margaret Levi, and Barry R. Weingast’s excellent essay, Twentieth...
View ArticleThe Impact of Janus on Public Employee Unions So Far
Source: Irma Rodríguez Moisa, Nate J. Kowalski, Jay G. Trinnaman, and Eric T. Riss, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 45, No. 3, Winter 2019 (subscription required) The authors examine the primary...
View ArticleCeasing Dues Checkoff Is Lawful After Expiration
Source: Kimberly Kemper, Employment Alert, Vol. 37 no. 3. February 5, 2020 (subscription required) About 13 months after the expiration of parties’ contract, Valley Hospital Medical Center stopped...
View ArticleThe Aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME: An Ongoing Assault on Public Sector Unions
Source: Ann Hodges, American Constitution Society, ACS Issue Brief, March 2020 From the summary: With the Supreme Court having overruled precedent and declared public sector “fair share” fees...
View ArticleCan I Get Fired for Talking about Virus Risks?
Source: Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes, March 31, 2020 Many workers still on the job during this pandemic are upset about their working conditions. But can you get in trouble for talking about your...
View ArticleWalkouts Spread as Workers Seek Coronavirus Protections
Source: Dan DiMaggio, Saurav Sarkar, Labor Notes, March 26, 2020 As the coronavirus spreads, more and more workers who are still on the job are taking action to defend their health and safety and...
View ArticleLabor Unions and White Racial Politics
Source: Paul Frymer, Jacob M. Grumbach, American Journal of Political Science, Early View, First published: June 29, 2020 (subscription required) From the abstract: Scholars and political observers...
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