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Labor union
Why labor unions keep shrinking
Aug 22, 2019
It's not just the shift away from a manufacturing economy.
How to grow a union in an anti-union state
Feb 26, 2018
In the South, where people are “ashamed to tell their neighbors that they are in a union,” one labor organization is turning things around.
Supreme Court to hear arguments on "fair-share" union dues
Feb 23, 2018
Labor advocates have described this case as the biggest threat to labor unions in years
What does labor organizing look like for you?
Aug 23, 2017
We want to hear your opinions about your rights as a worker.
Telemundo actors vote to unionize
Mar 9, 2017
For the first time in 65 years, actors at a major TV network have held a union election. The actors? Stars of the wildly popular telenovelas airing on NBC Universal’s Telemundo network. The vote still needs to be certified, but assuming that happens, the performers will be joining Hollywood’s SAG-AFTRA union with the hopes of […]
Missouri could soon join the ranks of right-to-work states
Jan 27, 2017
Right to work bars unions from requiring workers to pay dues as a condition of employment.
Decline in unions hurts nonunion workers' wages
by
Gigi Douban
Aug 30, 2016
The median pay for non-union men without a college degree is about 13 percent lower than in 1979.
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A fight over how quickly workers can unionize
Mar 5, 2015
The Senate voted to block a new rule that would speed up unionization votes.
New York's most famous rat
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Tobin Low
Jan 9, 2015
The inflatable eyesore that's also a trademarked bestseller.
Autoworkers want to make up for long wage freeze
Dec 10, 2014
Automakers' profits are up, in part because assembly-line wages are down.