All posts tagged "unions"
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282ElectionsWhat 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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286ElectionsWhat 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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1.4KLabor 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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1.7KLabor 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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1.7KLabor 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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1.8KLabor or UnionsThe 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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1.8KLabor 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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Women Leading the Labor Movement: Mary Kay Henry
Mary Kay Henry is the first woman to lead Service Employees International Union. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a union...
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Women Leading the Labor Movement: Sara Nelson
Sara Nelson has served as the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO since 2014. The AFA represents fifty thousand...
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1.4KLabor or UnionsLiz Shuler and the Future of Organized Labor
Liz Shuler was elected the AFL-CIO’s first female president in August after longtime leader Richard Trumka unexpectedly passed away. Shuler said, “Rich...