California’s AB 5 could be a gamechanger for millions of workers in the gig economy.
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Why Unions Must Bargain for Affordable Housing—and How
With housing costs gobbling up wage increases for union members and almost everyone else, labor must prioritize housing affordability.
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How the Public Employee Unions Refused to Die
Confronted with a Supreme Court ruling designed to hobble them, the nation’s public-sector unions have increased in size and grown more militant.
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Event: New Directions for American Labor
You are cordially invited to The Future of American Labor: Initiatives for a New Era Friday, February 8, and Saturday, Febuary 9, 2019
 Georgetown University Law Center, Hart Auditorium 
600 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
 Register here AGENDA Friday, February 8 12:30 p.m. WELCOME A LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY AGENDA FOR AMERICAN LABOR Representative Pramila […]
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Growers Sue to Roll Back Farm Workers’ Wages
California agribusiness seeks to reduce guest workers’ pay
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The Codetermination Difference
Democratic senators are embracing the idea of putting employee representatives on corporate boards—which could bolster not just worker power and income but American democracy as well.
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For a Dead Movement, Labor’s Been Showing a Lot of Life
The right promised its anti-union campaigns would yield Republican victories in 2018. But unions have been bouncing back, as the GOP’s defeats make clear.
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The Cross-Border Farmworker Rebellion
Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together.
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Some Good News: New York–Area Airport Workers Just Won Country’s Highest Minimum Wage
Good news has been a little thin this week, but here’s something decidedly positive: Today, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved a raise for approximately 40,000 airport workers at Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia airports. By 2023, airport workers, who include workers like cabin cleaners, baggage handlers, and wheelchair attendants, will receive […]
