Labor or Unions
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2.6KWhat Does Labor Want in the 2024 Presidential Election?
Past labor union loyalties In response to the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt built a winning coalition for Democrats in the 1930s....
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2.3KWill Trump defeat Biden like Dewey defeated Truman?
“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” Mark Twain In 1948 President Truman’s approval rating was at 36%. Today, President Biden’s...
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2.6KWhat Does Labor Want Today?
“We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed;...
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3.2KWhat 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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3.3KArbitration 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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2.5KWhat 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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2.6KThe Current 2023 SAG and WGA’s Strike: The Battle for Creative Rights Continues
Once again, the entertainment industry finds itself embroiled in a relentless clash for creative rights and the just treatment of its professionals....
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3.1KWriters 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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3.6KWomen 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...