The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.
The Future of Labor
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In 2023, Everyone Who Can Go Union Is Doing Just That
While employers illegally suppress blue-collar, retail and service workers, professionals and proto-professionals are unionizing in droves.
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Federal Court Tells Starbucks to Stop Illegal Union-Busting
A judge issues an all-too-rare injunction that might just revive the baristas’ organizing.
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The Union Struggle at Amazon
Labor journalist Luis Feliz Leon explains how the union drive succeeded and what’s next.
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The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America
An American Prospect symposium
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Can Unions Surge in Post-Pandemic America?
Millions of generally ignored workers are now hailed as heroes. But it will take millennial-led militance to translate this newfound esteem into palpable gains.
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It’s Workers Who Should Determine When Their Workplace Is Safe
States must create health and safety councils—one way that ‘essential’ workers can begin to gain one essential they lack: power.
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The Power to Slow Down Reopening
Workers can organize—and have organized—to ensure they can stay off the job until their worksites are safe.
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New Laws for the Fissured Workplace
The pandemic has compelled the government to extend temporary protections to some independent contractors and gig workers, but they need full and permanent coverage.
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Labor Will Win by Championing Everyone
Unions must lead the charge for programs—Medicare for All, comprehensive child and elder care—that are as universal as the pandemic’s threat.