A not-so-great battle in the world of organizing threatens to limit the effectiveness of the nation’s two biggest health-care unions.
Working in America
Posted inWorking in America
Watching Wal-Mart’s Warehouses
Good news and bad news came out of Wal-Mart last week. And it’s the same news.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
For Unions, It Was a Very Bad Year
Major defeats have given labor its goals for 2013.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
It’s a Mad, Mad Michigan
Right-to-work legislation was only the beginning. State Republicans have an entire docket full of legislation set to limit rights.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Political Punishment as Policy
The implications of what being a right-to-work state means for Michigan
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
This Is Not Wisconsin. It’s Worse.
If union adversaries can pass a right-to-work law in the home of the once-powerful United Auto Workers, they can pretty much do it anywhere.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Home Is Where the Union Is
A new report highlights the deplorable employment conditions home-care workers face. Thankfully, a new movement has sprung up to improve them.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Michigan: A Right-to-Work State?
If anyone doubts Governor Rick Snyder’s anti-union bill is anything but political, look at whom it spares.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Marvin Miller’s Lasting Legacy
The first leader of the MLB players union helped dramatically transform labor relations not just in baseball—but in all of America’s professional sports.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Fast Food Shouldn’t Mean Low Wages
First Walmart, now McDonald’s. Workers strike for dignity.
