How corporate conservatism trumps MAGA gestures on behalf of the working class
Nelson Lichtenstein
Nelson Lichtenstein, a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of Why Unions Matter, forthcoming in 2025.
Posted inWorking in America
Where Militant Unionists Come to Plan
The ongoing legacy of Labor Notes was renewed at last week’s gathering.
Posted inWorking in America
The Unionized Starbucks in Your Neighborhood
Thousands of baristas are already unionized, at the Starbucks kiosks in supermarkets, airports, hotels, and other locations.
Posted inBooks
Prophet of a Lost World
John Dunlop specialized in labor/management conflict resolution, but his deal making grew more perilous as corporate anti-unionism grew.
Posted inWorking in America
The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America
An American Prospect symposium
Posted inWorking in America
It’s Workers Who Should Determine When Their Workplace Is Safe
States must create health and safety councils—one way that ‘essential’ workers can begin to gain one essential they lack: power.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Fabulous Failure: Clinton’s 1990s and the Origins of Our Times
This article appears in the Winter 2018 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Hillary Clinton’s loss of the industrial Midwest to Donald Trump sealed her fate on Election Day 2016. This defeat, both narrow and catastrophic, had many architects, but one of the most consequential occupied the White House nearly 25 years before, […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wal-Mart Tries to Go to Town
America’s mega-retailer can’t boost profits unless it gains entry to America’s largest cities. Against stiff resistance, it’s still trying.