Rich Trumka, 1949-2021
Working in America
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Reaching the End of the PATCO Era?
Forty years after Ronald Reagan made union busting a national norm, labor has a shot at rebuilding worker power.
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Anatomy of an Anti-Union Meeting
How No Evil Foods, a plant-based meat company, squashed a union drive
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Canary in the Mine: Striking Miners in Alabama
The five-month strike is about worker power in America. It’s also about fighting for a just transition for carbon-intensive industries.
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How Temp Agencies Keep Their Workers’ Wages Low
The Biden administration has targeted noncompete agreements. But other tactics depress worker wages.
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Boston’s Anti-Bain Backlash
Private equity firm Bain Capital is suppressing a unionization campaign in Canada, but activists are protesting this in Bain’s Beantown hometown.
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The Co-op Movement Is Taking On Big Tech
Gross economic inequality and poor working conditions are fomenting a nationwide co-op movement. Its next target is Big Tech.
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A Great Organizer Steps Down
Jono Shaffer, who pioneered the organizing of janitors, security guards, and child care workers, is retiring.
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Can We Protect America’s Workers?
The Protecting America’s Workers Act has been introduced and neglected year after year. But do OSHA’s problems run deeper?
