Two extensive union programs—one long established, one new—are focusing on swaying working-class voters who, like most Americans, don’t belong to unions.
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Posted inPolitics
The Politician as Organizer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is spending the 2020 campaign running workshops to help exploited and vulnerable people with their greatest challenges.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Chief Justice Roberts: America’s Chief Guardian of Corporate Power
Relentlessly stripping rights from workers, consumers, and people of color, Roberts is the most focused and effective right-winger in government.
Posted inWorking in America
What Happened to Milwaukee’s Black Middle Class?
Democrats will need the support of a Wisconsin city battered by deindustrialization and deunionization.
Posted inBooks
Prophet of a Lost World
John Dunlop specialized in labor/management conflict resolution, but his deal making grew more perilous as corporate anti-unionism grew.
Posted inCoronavirus
Six Months Into the Pandemic, Transit Workers Are Still Dying—With No End in Sight
Though they’ve kept working in some of the most dangerous jobs, they’re now facing the prospect of furloughs and layoffs if there’s no more federal funding for transit.
Posted inTAP
Even Half of Republicans Like Unions
Today on TAP: Overall, 65 percent of Americans support labor unions
Posted inWorking in America
The Union Difference
How one of America’s strongest locals protects workers in the pandemic
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 inWorking in America
State of the Unions 2020
On Labor Day 2020, the state of American unions is strong; but an AFL-CIO official finds changing attitudes toward immigrants concerning.
