Labor
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How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Jul 06, 2015Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north.
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Should Liberals Back Public Employee Unions?
Jul 12, 2015The stakes in the new battle over unions have far-reaching implications.
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How to Live Happily with Robots
Aug 03, 2015It takes extensive government intervention to assure that gains of automation are broadly shared.
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When Adjuncts Go Union
Jun 30, 2015On campuses across America, contingent faculty are fighting back against low wages and precarious employment.
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Labor at a Crossroads: The Seeds of a New Movement
Oct 30, 2014SEIU’s David Rolf—virtuoso organizer and mastermind of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage campaign—says labor needs radically new ways to champion worker interests.
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How Gilded Ages End
Apr 29, 2015Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
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The Wealth Problem
Apr 30, 2015Aspiring to own a home and pursue an education are quintessentially American ideals. It's time to make those dreams accessible again.
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Why Unions Must Bargain for Affordable Housing—and How
Feb 19, 2019With housing costs gobbling up wage increases for union members and almost everyone else, labor must prioritize housing affordability.
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New York Labor Didn't Shrink from Confronting Amazon
Feb 18, 2019But unions were sharply divided about how to deal with the tech giant.
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A Call to Moral Capitalism
Feb 14, 2019There is an alternative to Trumpism. We need to clearly articulate it.
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How the Public Employee Unions Refused to Die
Feb 13, 2019Confronted with a Supreme Court ruling designed to hobble them, the nation’s public-sector unions have increased in size and grown more militant.
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To Block One Decertification Vote, a Teachers Union May Undo Charter Teachers’ Right to Unionize Nationally
Feb 13, 2019By bringing its case to Trump’s NLRB, New York’s teachers union could threaten charter teachers’ rights in a host of states.
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Event: New Directions for American Labor
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With López Obrador In, Workers Have the Confidence to Walk Out
Feb 06, 2019Mexico’s new president has raised wages, and maquiladora workers have gone on strike along the border.
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The Welcome Arrival of Radicalism
Feb 05, 2019Liberals should be thankful for the radicals who have at last made the drastic remedies America needs into mainstream politics.
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Trump’s Labor Law: Heads, Workers Lose; Tails, Workers Lose
Jan 31, 2019The right-wing majority on the NLRB says SuperShuttle drivers aren’t entitled to the protections of labor law because they have to cover their losses themselves.
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Building Worker Solidarity Across Borders
Jan 30, 2019An American company is busting a call center workers’ union in the Philippines, so the U.S. union of call center workers is helping them out.
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Will Trump’s Labor Board Say Workers Have No Right to Float a Balloon?
Jan 29, 2019The NLRB’s top attorney is gunning for unions’ inflatable rat—but may miss and hit the restrictions on workers’ right to free speech.
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We Need Howard Schultz to Run for President Like Starbucks Needs Cockroaches
Jan 28, 2019The Democratic Party is finally willing to work for working people again. Schultz could really screw that up.
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How States Can Counter Trump’s War on Workers
Jan 28, 2019Newly elected governors and legislators can bolster workers’ interests and rights.
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The Air Traffic Controllers Even the Score
Jan 25, 2019Reagan fired their predecessors for striking in 1981. Today, they got sick, stayed home, and forced Trump to end the shutdown.
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Growers Sue to Roll Back Farm Workers’ Wages
Jan 25, 2019California agribusiness seeks to reduce guest workers’ pay
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