Posts By James Sheridan
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3.3KLabor or UnionsWhat Does Labor Want? A United Auto Workers Contract
How did we get here? 2007In response to the severe 2007 financial crisis the UAW accepted a contract that froze wages for...
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4.3K1ElectionsKobayashi Maru
In the science fiction series Star Trek the Kobayashi Maru scenario is an exercise at Starfleet Academy. The training exercise is set...
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3.4KLabor or UnionsArbitration and Mediation
“America is barreling towards a summer of strikes,” says a headline in the Seattle Times. Union workers in the post-pandemic economy are...
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2.7KLabor or UnionsWhat Does Labor Want? A UPS Contract
During the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a significant surge in online shopping and home deliveries, resulting in increased pressure on shipping...
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3.5KPolitical EducationCaesar’s Wife
Julius Caesar divorced his wife after she was named in a scandal that caused him embarrassment. Even if his wife had been...
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3.1KPolitical EducationWhy Biden Won’t Comment
Some may wonder why President Biden has refused to weigh in on former president Donald Trump’s legal predicaments. In 1970 President Richard...
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4.2KGun ControlThe Twinkie Defense
On November 27, 1978, San Francisco Supervisor Diane Feinstein returned to City Hall after a three-week illness-related absence. Feinstein, who was serving...
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4.3KInternational PoliticsProfessional Foul
In 1977 while visiting the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakian-born playwright Tom Stoppard was detained by Communist authorities for attempting to take a petition,...
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3.4KLabor or UnionsWriters Guild Strike
The Covid crisis had a devastating impact on Hollywood. Productions stopped or slowed down. Movie studios, television networks, streamers, and other producers...
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3.8KLabor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Julie Su
Following the resignation of Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, Julie Su became Acting Secretary of Labor on March 11, 2023. In nominating...