American workers are on the march—something the government isn’t measuring.
Lane Windham
Lane Windham is author of Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide and associate director of Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.
Posted inWorking in America
The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America
An American Prospect symposium
Posted inWorking in America
Labor Will Win by Championing Everyone
Unions must lead the charge for programs—Medicare for All, comprehensive child and elder care—that are as universal as the pandemic’s threat.
Posted inEconomic Policy
From Pink Collars to Pink Hats: Working-Class Feminism and the Resistance
Today’s feminism has the power to change not just politics, but the nation’s economic landscape, too.
Posted inWorking in America
The Workers’ Menace Becomes the Commuters’ Threat
Elaine Chao, Bush’s labor secretary, is Trump’s pick for transportation.
Posted inWorking in America
Why Labor Law Should Stop Leaning So Hard on the Wagner Act
As the National Labor Relations Act turns 80, we should remember what the law was designed to do—and what it wasn’t.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Alt-Labor Groups Are Making Employers Mighty Nervous
A growing minimum wage movement indicates that despite low union membership statistics, labor’s future isn’t as dire as some in the business world might hope.
