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.
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Two labor negotiation experts explain how a 2015 dispute that seemed intractable got resolved, with important lessons for the partial government shutdown.
Most people think of Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader who led the nation in addressing the evils of systemic racism. What many don't know is that he also championed labor unionism.
Central Americans who came to the US in the 1980s fleeing civil war drew on their background fighting for social justice back home to help unionize farmworkers, janitors and poultry packers in the US.
McCormack must live in a parallel universe if he ever thought Broad's account of flying off on an overseas date, followed by an apparent move to extract money from him, was just "a personal matter".
Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor.
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Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek told The Conversation the ALP wants voters to see the party as "responsible and progressive".
In the lead up to next week's ALP national conference, which Shorten
needs to run smoothly, the government has been trying to exploit what
it sees as a Labor weak point – border protection.
Five years on from the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, improvements have been made. But workers compensation is still to happen.
Government remains the major funder of universities. But it hasn't met its obligations even though many institutions face serious infrastructure decay.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said "you can’t reflect society if 90% of your members of parliament were chosen from trade unions and worked in trade unions". Let's take a look at the numbers.
The walkout by thousands of Google employees around the world was historic, both because of who was protesting and what their demands were. It may even mark the start of something new.
While government payments and programs go some way to reducing inequality, the transformation of the labour market and its institutions has cut workers' share of the pie to historic lows.
As unions have shrunk, conditions for workers have got worse.
As political and legal fights over casual work crank up, it's worth busting some myths, such as the idea that it is becoming more common.
There are 750,000 fewer workers under enterprise agreements now than when the Coalition was elected, McManus says in her speech to the John Curtin Research Centre.
The UK desperately needs a more robust system to lift standards in low paid sectors and protect workers.
The Liberals have for years sought to make Shorten’s union background and associations work for them. They haven’t so far had anything like the success they hoped. The question is, can Morrison?
Americans want more say about their benefits, training and other important issues at work.
Tech companies overseas are signing collective agreements with their employees. Might Australia be next?
And it doesn't involve immigrant bashing. Quite the opposite.
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Affiliate Research Associate, University of Glasgow
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Teaching Fellow in Human Resource Management, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD candidate researching worker voice, University of Technology Sydney
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Raymond Hogler is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Management, Colorado State University
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Glasgow
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University Teacher in History, Loughborough University
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Professor, Monash Business School, Department of Management, Monash University
