Working America—the AFL-CIO’s campaign among non-union swing voters—has long prioritized discussions on voters’ doorsteps. This year, it may have to find new approaches.
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Trump’s Immigration Order: Fast Track to an Abusive Past
The president limits U.S. entry to farmworkers with no rights—a boon to both Big Ag and nativists.
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Union Busting Under the New NAFTA
Mexican workers are still at the mercy of phony labor organizations and anti-union local police. Can Mexico’s progressive president Andrés Manuel López Obrador gain control?
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Cleveland’s Plain Dealer: 50 Years of Union Busting
The Plain Dealer union didn’t die because of industry changes—Advance Publications killed it.
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Flagship Cleveland Newspaper Succumbs to Union-Busting
The guild of the Cleveland Plain Dealer decertified in a move to preserve remaining jobs. The non-union cleveland.com is now the main newsroom in the city.
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When Journalists Become Workers
Five years ago, unions barely existed in digital media. Today, they may save the industry from the worst of the COVID-19 depression—and provide a model to other working professionals.
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Across Class Lines: Amazon Tech Workers Join Warehouse Workers in Protests
Home-office climate activists and warehouse employees across the nation find common cause mobilizing against Amazon’s policies.
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The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America
An American Prospect symposium
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Can Unions Surge in Post-Pandemic America?
Millions of generally ignored workers are now hailed as heroes. But it will take millennial-led militance to translate this newfound esteem into palpable gains.
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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.
