Decades of trickle-down trends hurting working people will worsen under the next administration.
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How Not to Make America Great Again
The secret isn’t factories. It’s giving ordinary Americans some bargaining power.
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What Economists Learned in 2016—Long After Everyone Else
The trade deals they shilled for didn’t work out all that well.
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Combating Wage Theft under Donald Trump
For now, it will be up to states and cities to protect workers.
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Unions Stake Out Positions in Battle for DNC Chair
Ellison and Perez both have strong ties with the labor movement, but union politics are primed to drive a wedge.
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Beyond Carrier: Can Congress End the Green Light for Outsourcing?
Donald Trump’s unusual deal with Carrier Corp. to keep 800 jobs in the U.S. alarmed many economists, but it points to the need for a corporate norm that doesn’t tilt toward outsourcing.
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The Workers’ Menace Becomes the Commuters’ Threat
Elaine Chao, Bush’s labor secretary, is Trump’s pick for transportation.
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Trump Falsely Claims Credit for Saving Jobs, and News Outlets Lap it Up
How does Donald Trump plan to save American jobs? Apparently, by claiming that he’s saved the ones that were never going anywhere in the first place. On Thursday night, the president-elect tweeted out that he had just received a call from his “friend” Bill Ford, the chairman of Ford Motor Co., who told him that […]
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The New Labor Movement: Solidarity Without Conformity
A union president explains how labor should adjust to changing times.
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First and Foremost, the Wells Fargo Scandal Is About Workers
The revelations of the bank’s outrageous behavior were in large part a product of a three-year effort to organize frontline workers.
