Bargaining for the police and for African Americans is an exercise in self-negation.
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Posted inWorking in America
Reaching Out to the White Working Class
Working America—the AFL-CIO’s campaign among non-union swing voters—has long prioritized discussions on voters’ doorsteps. This year, it may have to find new approaches.
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Cleveland’s Plain Dealer: 50 Years of Union Busting
The Plain Dealer union didn’t die because of industry changes—Advance Publications killed it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Revolt of the Judges
The Trump administration has ordered immigration court judges to reject more applicants and speed up trials—and it wants to bust the judges’ union.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Great American Pastime: Squeezing Workers
At all levels, baseball owners are using the COVID-19 crisis to force long-desired concessions on everyone involved with the sport.
Posted inTAP
A New Campaign to Win Back the Industrial Midwest
Today on TAP: Organized labor organizes for Biden
Posted inTAP
Taking Public Money and Screwing Workers: The Airlines
Today on TAP: United and others must comply with bailout terms
Posted inWorking in America
Flagship Cleveland Newspaper Succumbs to Union-Busting
The guild of the Cleveland Plain Dealer decertified in a move to preserve remaining jobs. The non-union cleveland.com is now the main newsroom in the city.
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When Journalists Become Workers
Five years ago, unions barely existed in digital media. Today, they may save the industry from the worst of the COVID-19 depression—and provide a model to other working professionals.