From silencing their voices to depressing their incomes to endangering their lives, the president has consistently abused working Americans.
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Posted inWorking in America
Anti-Union Progressives
In recent years, a number of institutions that proclaim themselves committed to social justice and enlightenment won’t let their employees unionize.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Quiet Seizure of Independent Agencies
Chuck Schumer has stood mute while Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell hand a gift to corporate America.
Posted inWorking in America
Michael Bloomberg’s Troubling Record on Unions and Workers
Expired contracts, no paid sick leave policy, and an un-unionized presidential campaign staff
Posted inEducation in America
International Students Lead the Resurgence in Graduate Student Unionization
Despite facing higher hurdles than their U.S. counterparts, they’re in the vanguard of campus worker activism.
Posted inWorking in America
How About Some NAFTA Rights for U.S. Workers?
The Trump administration’s efforts on behalf of Mexican labor belie an aggressive anti-worker project at home.
Posted inWorking in America
Sanders and Warren Take Aim at Taft-Hartley
Both candidates favor repealing much of the law that slammed the brakes on unions’ growth.
Posted inTAP
How Grad Students Can Unionize Despite Trump’s NLRB
Last Friday, in one of its least unexpected diktats, the National Labor Relations Board, now controlled by Trump appointees, indicated that it’s going to revoke the right of graduate students who work as teaching or research assistants at private universities to bargain collectively. (Whether grad students can unionize at public universities is up to the […]
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The Trump NLRB’s Anti-Labor Day
The National Labor Relations Board is not just changing rules but reversing long-standing precedents.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Trumpistas Seek to Deflate Labor’s Friend
The NLRB persists in its fight to outlaw Scabby the Rat, the balloon rodent who helps out workers when they picket their bosses.