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High-profile strikes in Hollywood and now Detroit have raised unions’ profile in America recently. They should also raise the question: Why unions?
An interview by Ryan Stanton of Joe Burns—a labour lawyer, union activist and bargaining negotiator since the 1990s—about ...
Even so, Scheuerman contends, all is not lost in the struggle for workers’ rights, for a variety of pro-labor social movements have begun successful operations outside traditional union structures.
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court rounded off a month of bad to devastating decisions for progressive causes with a 5-4 decision that undermined the ability of public sector labor unions to ...
How can unions and other labor organizations respond to the current crisis? Dr. McCallum will draw on two books and his public health research to situate today's labor struggles in recent history.
March 18, 1925; An Inter-Union Labor Struggle An Inter-Union Labor Struggle Will the entrance of labor into industry as an employer compel a reexamination of union policies?
But an opportunity for labor to reverse its fortunes looms large in the Black Lives Matter movement, the largest wave of anti-racist struggle in recent memory. If American labor is going to ...
Christian Smalls, right, the Amazon Labor union president, at a rally Saturday outside an Amazon air hub in Kentucky. Union supporters are split over whether to organize additional sites or focus ...
A labor ministry estimate of union membership put the figure at a record low 16.3 percent in 2023. In 1949, soon after the U.S.-led occupation legalized trade unions, membership stood at 55.8 ...
The Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots labor group that won a major victory at an Amazon warehouse two years ago, has agreed to affiliate with the Teamsters union, a move that’s bound to inject ...
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company marks its 150th anniversary this year. Known for brands like Camel, its lesser-known history ...
Clarence Baxter of Charleston, who joined the union when he was 19 years old, said German’s leadership defined ILA 1422 as one of the most efficient port labor forces in the world.