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September 17, 2003
  • Unions Help Non-Union Workers II - Here's a story on how the existence of unions help non-union workers. A bit of labor law context-- one of... MORE...

    September 15, 2003
  • A Bit Better- TAPPED on Unions - This is a bit better by TAPPED, in that they agree unions are wonderful: they're just irrelevant. A step forward... MORE...

    September 09, 2003
  • Tapped Disses Labor - What the hell is wrong with Tapped these days? They are going rightwing on immigration, trashing "identity politics", and now... MORE...

    September 06, 2003
  • No Progressive Policy w/o Labor - Usually when labor in politics is discussed, it comes down to comparisons of PAC dollars contributed where labor is outspent... MORE...

    September 05, 2003
  • Labor's Support for Civil Rights - [Note this history comes from a number of sources, including Working Class New York by Joshua Freeman, Time on the... MORE...

    September 03, 2003
  • Unions Strengthen the Economy - Before I hear the usual rightwing ramble about unions sinking the economy and driving jobs overseas, note two basic realities.... MORE...

    September 02, 2003
  • How Unions Increase Pay - [Note that I've added a link to this older post on Why Unions Have Trouble Organizing Workers.] The fact that... MORE...

    September 01, 2003
  • Why Unions? Human Dignity - I am going to do a series this week on why progressives should be more committed to promoting unionization as... MORE...

    June 27, 2003
  • How Unions Help Low-Income Workers - Read this article on how unionizing janitors has helped a large section of this low-wage, uninsured workforce gain living wages... MORE...

    June 19, 2003
  • Who is in Unions - More in response to Kevin. There is a stereotype that unions organize richer workers. Which misses the point that unions... MORE...
  • Why Unions Have Trouble Organizing Workers - Kevin Drum at this CalPundit post asks why unions have so much trouble expanding, citing Wal-Mart as an example: Sure,... MORE...

    August 20, 2002
  • Hispanics in Cali: Earn more than in TX - And the reason? Unions. As the Houston Chonicle points out, both California and Texas have large immigrant Hispanic communities, but... MORE...
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