John Dunlop specialized in labor/management conflict resolution, but his deal making grew more perilous as corporate anti-unionism grew.
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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.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Which Side Are ‘Liberal’ Lawyers On?
Many public-interest attorneys also represent corporations against their workers.
Posted inWorking in America
In California, Child Care Providers Vote to Unionize
43,000 workers who care for the kids of state-subsidized poor families have gone union in the nation’s largest organizing victory in many years.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Deeply Entrenched Corruption Will Hinder USMCA
The case of an imprisoned and then exiled labor attorney in Mexico speaks to the continued oppression of workers by multinational corporations.
Posted inTAP
Who Should Say When a Workplace Is Safe? The Workers, That’s Who.
Today on TAP: L.A. County empowers workers’ councils