State of the Unions: What happened to America’s labor movement?
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: Do you have rights at work? Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought you did. In 1936, while trying to haul America’s economy out of the bog that…
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: Do you have rights at work? Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought you did. In 1936, while trying to haul America’s economy out of the bog that…
From today’s New York Times: The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that doesn’t have national laws guaranteeing paid maternity leave. It is also the only advanced economy…
From PBS Newshour Online: To critics, the nomination of a labor secretary who built his career fighting unions underscores a President Donald Trump’s attacks against organized labor. But for Trump,…
From today’s Washington Post: For years, Walmart workers have attended the company’s annual shareholders meeting to call for higher wages, better benefits and more predictable schedules. This year they’ll have…
From today’s CBS Evening News: Teachers in Sacramento went on strike Thursday for the first time in 30 years. They’re accusing the school district of backtracking on promises of better…
From The American Prospect: Last week, in a move that’s as likely to baffle union activists as it is to encourage them, a West Virginia judge struck down key portions…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles teachers are poised to end their first strike in 30 years after union leaders reached a tentative deal Tuesday with the L.A. Unified…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: With umbrellas in one hand and picket signs in the other, Los Angeles teachers braved cold, drizzly weather Monday morning as they walked off the…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A last-ditch bargaining effort to avert a Los Angeles teachers’ strike fell short Monday, although the two sides have agreed to meet again on Wednesday…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A labor agreement is not the only thing dividing the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers. One missing element crucial to coming together…