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Harris and Rampell on MS NOW Discussing July's Jobs Report
I appeared on MS Now's Money Power Politics with Erielle Reshef (subbing for Stephanie Ruhle) to discuss the just-released July jobs and unemployment report…
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Seth Harris on MS Now's Money, Politics, Power with Stephanie Ruhle
Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris appeared on MS Now's Money, Power, Politics with host Stephanie Ruhle on Thursday, July 2 to discuss the Bureau of…
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Unions and Co-ops in Media, Culture, and Tech: Paths to Worker Power
Media, culture, and tech workers in the United States and Canada are increasingly turning to unions and — to a lesser but still significant extent —…
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Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever
Photo by Joe Piette , CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons This piece was originally published by the Economic Policy Institute . For decades, Americans were evenly…
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From Silence to Strength: How Defining and Boosting Worker Voice Can Build Worker Power
Photo credit: Solidarity Center, 2023 Workers producing tires at Goodyear's factory in San Luis Potos , Mexico, faced major impediments to securing honest…
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Could Sisyphus Have Tried Harder? Reflections on the Sweeney Administration’s Efforts at Mass Organizing, Thirty Years Later
This piece was originally published by New Labor Forum . When I came to the AFL-CIO in 1998, not long after John Sweeney was elected president, the enthusiasm…
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Labor History Month: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Reminds Us How Civil Liberties and Collective Action Go Hand in Hand
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is one of the most important and dynamic champions of worker power in U.S. history. For nearly six decades, from 1906 to 1964, she…
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Buffalo Is a Union Town — But for Hotel Workers, Union-Busting Runs Rampant
This artice was originally published by Truthout "They just look at you like you're nothing," said a housekeeper from the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown…
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In Lieu of the NLRA: How State Laws Can Rebuild Worker Power
What happens when the law that's supposed to protect workers... stops working? For decades, American workers have depended on the National Labor Relations Act…
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100 ways Trump has hurt workers in his first 100 days
This report was published by the Economic Policy Institute . The first 100 days of Trump's second term have been chaotic. Trump along with Elon Musk and his…
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The Case for Letting Labor Law Collapse
Labor density, or the share of workers who are members of a labor union, is almost the same in 2025 as before Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act…
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Unions, Not Just Factories, Will Make America Great
This piece originally appeared on Labor Politics and is republished with the author's permission. President Donald Trump and his defenders claim that his…
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Turning the Page: Why Library Workers Need Unions Now More Than Ever
Last month, the Trump administration issued an Executive Order seeking to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Studies (IMLS), the federal agency…
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From Flint to Selma: How Roy Reuther Shaped Labor and Civil Rights in America
Photo by DLReuther , CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Earlier this month, Michigan State University Press published a biography I have written about my father…
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After Loper Bright: Why the NLRB Still Has the Power to Shape Labor Law
Photo by https://www.weisspaarz.com/ The Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has significantly altered the landscape of…