As in the early 20th century, meatpackers today are low-paid and frequently injured or sickened. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 17, 2020.
Jake Rosenfeld
Jake Rosenfeld is the author of What Unions No Longer Do (Harvard University Press, 2014) and the forthcoming You’re Paid What You’re Worth and Other Myths of the Modern Economy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Meaning of Labor’s Win in Missouri
An overwhelmingly non-union electorate voted in favor of unions. What does that portend?
Posted inWorking in America
Should Liberals Back Public Employee Unions?
The stakes in the new battle over unions have far-reaching implications.