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Race and Economy

Black and Latino workers see biggest wage gains from union membership

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 13, 2022
A recent Congressional report shows collective bargaining can play a role in narrowing wage gaps.
Research shows that workers of color benefit greatly from union membership when it comes to wages.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
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How big a year for the labor movement was 2021?

by Amy Scott and Sean McHenry
Nov 24, 2021
An online geographic tracker from Cornell shows there were dozens of strikes that didn't make it into national headlines or government data.
Nurses picket at the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on Nov. 10. Cornell's Labor Action Tracker documents the many strikes and other activities that aren't recorded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Is a new labor movement brewing?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Oct 1, 2021
AFL-CIO President Elizabeth Shuler advocates a revitalized labor movement that expands high-quality jobs and reduces inequality.
"What we're seeing out there is a demand for change," says new AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, shown here speaking at the White House on Sept. 8.
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EEC: Documentary Studies

How secretaries organized and changed the workplace for women

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Feb 11, 2021
The 9to5 movement started with the feeling of being invisible as a woman office worker, says co-founder Karen Nussbaum.
"We had to carve out our own space both in the women's movement and the labor movement," said Karen Nussbaum, co-founder of the 9to5 movement.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
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EEC: Documentary Studies

Inside 9to5, the movement for women's workplace rights

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Feb 11, 2021
A new documentary tells the story of the women's labor movement behind the iconic movie.
9to5 Cleveland holds an action in protest of National City Bank.
Steve Cagan
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Biden labor agenda could shift momentum back to unions, low-wage workers

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 15, 2020
The president-elect is expected to roll back Trump administration rulings.
President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks about the U.S. economy during a press briefing at The Queen theater on Nov. 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Del.
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Specials

The Economy Reimagined, Part 2: Jobs, Education and Poverty

by David Brancaccio and Kimberly Adams
Aug 7, 2020
The case for a job guarantee, the future of the labor movement, working in the gig economy and more.
Pictured: Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) hold a rally on Feb. 26, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.
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There's growing support for a new way of collectively bargaining

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 1, 2019
Several Democratic presidential candidates are pushing for sectoral bargaining, in which whole industries are unionized instead of a single company.
Members of the United Auto Workers and supporters picket outside of General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly during the strike in September.
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U.S. lawmakers visit Mexico for labor reform assurances under trade deal

by Scott Tong
Oct 7, 2019
Congressional Democrats have suggested they could vote for the North American pact if protections for Mexican workers are sufficiently implemented.
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2020 presidential race

Democratic presidential candidates make their pitch to labor unions

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 4, 2019
Most of the leading Democratic presidential candidates will be in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, trying to woo union members.
Democratic presidential candidates on stage at the second round of primary debates in July in Detroit.
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