Harold Meyerson talks to four movement leaders about the future of unions in America.
Working in America
Posted inEconomic Policy
If Labor Dies, What’s Next?
The only way unions can regain their strength and provide a counterweight to corporate power is if liberals join the fight.
Posted inWorking in America
On Strike in the Windy City
Pictures from the brewing standoff between Chicago teachers and Rahm Emanuel.
Posted inWorking in America
Rahm’s Wedge
Marginalizing unions in Democratic cities is a fine way to bust up the party.
Posted inEconomic Policy
As Common As Dirt
In the fields of California, wage theft is how agribusiness is done.
Posted inWorking in America
GM’s Hunger Games
The hunger strike is just the latest in a long history of labor tensions in Colombia.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Should Labor Boycott Charlotte?
Holding the party fête in the least unionized state in the country hasn’t done much to repair the frayed friendship between unions and Democrats.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Court’s Scott Walker Moment
Five justices tell public-employee unions they “tolerate” them—for now.
Posted inWorking in America
Post-New Deal America Needs Unions
Those who think workers only needed to organize in the bad old days need to face the hard truth: We’re living in them.
Posted inWorking in America
EMBARGOED Did A Tea Party Group Violate Wisconsin Law in Recall Fight?
The Center for Media and Democracy is filing a complaint against the Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama for not registering its pro-Walker recall activities with the state’s Government Accountability Board.
