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On May 16, 2024

The Conversation asked me to write an article about Biden's labor record and to give it a grade. I gave him an A-, which is as high as I'd give.

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Now this is an interesting idea coming out of New York: Labor unions, corporate whistleblowers and — in some cases — individual workers would be able to pursue enforcement of wage theft claims under legislation pushed by Democrats and workers' rights groups this session, The legislation proposes a...
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Workers Using Leverage

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On May 6, 2024
I appreciate that the one thing that would force Anna Wintour to sit down and deal with the unions is the horrors of the Met Gala being threatened by angry workers. After more than a year of contentious negotiations, publishing giant Condé Nast reached a...
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On May 3, 1932, the former president of the Iowa Farmers Union, Milo Reno, organized the Farmers Holiday Association. This was a short-lived but important expression of rural organizing in the midst of the Great Depression. Farmers are usually left out of labor histories and...
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