It takes extensive government intervention to assure that gains of automation are broadly shared.
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Inclusive Strength of #BlackLivesMatter
Why the fast-growing movement has been intertwined with labor, economic justice, immigration, and LGBT rights from the beginning.
Posted inWorking in America
The Guardian US Will Unionize. Can We Call This a Trend Now?
Staffers at the Guardian US unanimously voted yesterday to unionize with the News Media Guild, The Huffington Post reported. The vote is just the latest in a surge of recent union drives in the digital media world. Guardian US management voluntarily recognized the union effort, therefore negating the need to go through the formal channels […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Dems Are Divided on Minimum Wage. But That’s Not Bad News
Last week, Bernie Sanders and other leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus introduced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The bill is not only the most ambitious wage hike legislation to come from the left, but it’s also indicative of the growing influence that the national Fight […]
Posted inEducation in America
Ohio Charter Teachers Fired for Organizing Will Be Reinstated
Teachers at the Ohio-based I CAN charter network decided to organize a union during the 2013-2014 school year. Yet when the school year ended, the administration did not renew contracts for seven teachers leading the union drive-resulting in a cancellation of the scheduled union vote. While about 40 charter schools in Ohio are already unionized, […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Federal Contract Workers Are Demanding a Big Raise. But Will They Get It?
The Fight for $15 comes to Washington.Â
Posted inEconomic Policy
From L.A. to New York (and in Between), $15 Moves Forward
From the West Coast to the East Coast, this has been a good week for the burgeoning Fight for $15 campaign. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to raise its minimum wage to $15 by 2020 for those who work in the unincorporated areas of the county. This comes on the […]
Posted inWorking in America
A Decent Living for Home Caregivers—And Their Clients
At-home caregivers are among the least protected and most undervalued workers in the U.S. Low federal reimbursement rates lay at the heart of the problem.Â
Posted inEducation in America
In Latest Adjunct Organizing Victory, Barnard Faculty Plan to Unionize
More than 230 contingent faculty members at Barnard College will be able to vote to form a union with the United Auto Workers Local 2110 this September, according to an announcement today. Last month, contingent faculty filed for a union with the NLRB after the UAW said more than two-thirds of contingents had petitioned in […]
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More on Charters Going Union
For The Prospect‘s summer issue I wrote a feature story about the growing number of charter school teachers looking to form unions at their schools. Elias Isquith, a staff writer at Salon was kind enough to interview me about my piece. We talked about some things I covered in the story, and a few other […]
