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Abolishing Employment

Mar 9, 2021 Jason Vazquez

For nearly 250 years — ever since the Declaration of Independence boldly declared that “all men” are entitled to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” — the concept of freedom has been deeply inscribed into the American psyche, defining the national mythos and frequently invoked by political figures spanning the ideological spectrum. The nation was “conceived […]

Bonuses versus Bargaining

Feb 1, 2018 Matthew Bodie

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 chopped off a big piece of the federal corporate tax rate, dropping it from 35 to 21 percent. That sizeable chunk of change will now move from the federal fisc to corporate treasuries across the country. Democratic leaders have almost uniformly slammed the legislation as a giveaway […]

Sexual Harassment and our Undemocratic Workplaces

Nov 27, 2017 Andrew Strom

Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a flood of alarming reports about powerful men who have engaged in repeated acts of sexual harassment, sometimes stretching across decades. Many women who had previously remained silent or shared their stories only with close friends, have come forward to say that they too have experienced sexual harassment. […]

Why Not Hold Union Representation Elections on a Regular Schedule?

Nov 1, 2017 Andrew Strom

When the Obama NLRB modernized the Board’s election rules and eliminated some unnecessary delays, employers characterized the result as “ambush elections,” and insisted they would no longer have enough time to wage their anti-union campaigns. Even though the NLRB found substantial evidence that employers are generally aware of union organizing drives long before an election […]

The Lost Art of Being Anti-Fascist: Another Reason Why We Need a Labor Movement

Aug 30, 2017 Sharon Block

Recent events in Charlottesville have shaken the nation. I don’t think many predicted that in 2017 we would need a national conversation about growing fascism in our country and the role of the President of the United States in fostering it. If there was any label that Americans – both Democrats and Republicans — could […]

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Abolishing Employment

Bonuses versus Bargaining

Sexual Harassment and our Undemocratic Workplaces

Why Not Hold Union Representation Elections on a Regular Schedule?

The Lost Art of Being Anti-Fascist: Another Reason Why We Need a Labor Movement