The coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of ensuring safe workspaces, and a new study suggests unionization leads workers to speak up about poor conditions.
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Unionization is at a record low in part thanks to the tactics these firms use on behalf of companies and other organizations.
American workers tend to lack many basic benefits that are incredibly common in other countries, a situation the 'Essential Worker Bill of Rights' aims to remedy.
All seven Democrats set to take the stage on Dec. 19 had vowed to boycott the debate in support of a union that represents 150 food service workers in California.
Hoffa's ghost continues to haunt the labor movement.
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who's studied the decline of the US auto industry explains why.
The Uber driver walkout raises questions about how workers can fight for better pay and benefits in the age of the gig economy – a topic frequently on the minds of Conversation scholars.
While some alarmists predict AI will decimate the workforce, the truth is concerted action by leaders in labor, business, government and education can ensure workers aren't replaced by robots.
On Feb. 6, 1919, half of Seattle’s workforce went on strike over a demand for higher wages. A labor historian explains why it matters 100 years later.
Americans want more say about their benefits, training and other important issues at work.
While the Supreme Court's Janus ruling dealt a blow to organized labor, three lessons from Nevada's unions suggest things aren't as bleak as they appear.
The Supreme Court could kill collective bargaining throughout the country, making workers worse off and exacerbating inequality.
Although over 200 CEOs have promised to share windfalls from the recent tax cut with their employers – something the president is likely to bring up in the State of the Union – research suggests workers aren't holding their breath.
The holiday began as a strike against excessive workweeks but now bears little resemblance to its worker-centric origins, even as the founders' gains are slowly lost.
Although workers at a Nissan auto plant in Mississippi rejected a proposal to join the United Auto Workers Union, organized labor has reason to be optimistic about its future.
Giving labor unions a financial stake in a company such as a newspaper can offer unique advantages that could benefit employees, society and the bottom line.
Thwarted efforts to organize at Yale and a New York nursing home show how a changing of the guard at the National Labor Relations Board could potentially end the labor movement.
Labor's decline has steadily eroded the prospects of working-class Americans, fueling the backlash that propelled Trump. His election, however, will likely deliver unions a knockout punch, hurting his supporters most.
A Trump victory on Nov. 8 would preserve a conservative majority on the court. A look back at its recent decisions shows why that would be very bad for workers' rights.
Whether you're spending the holiday shopping for bargains, barbecuing with friends or striking for better pay, here are a few Labor Day highlights from our labor experts.
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Raymond Hogler is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Management, Colorado State University
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Professor of Law, Co-Director of UNLV Workplace Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
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Lecturer of Film & Media Studies, Emory University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Chicago
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Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor and Labor Economist, University of Minnesota
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Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies Professor, Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ph.D. Student, MIT Sloan School of Management
