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Trump’s Labor Board Likely to Strip Auto Workers of Southern Victory »
January 10, 2018 | Chris BrooksTwo years ago the Auto Workers (UAW) broke new ground when skilled-trades workers at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant voted 108 to 44 in favor of unionizing.
Viewpoint: Don’t Fall for the Members-Only Unionism Trap »
January 4, 2018 | Chris BrooksOne of corporate America’s next big goals might surprise you: passing legislation to prevent unions from having to represent workers who don’t pay dues. This is just the latest of many business-friendly labor law reforms proliferating across the country.
2017 Year in Review: Turning Lemons into Lemonade »
December 19, 2017 | Alexandra Bradbury | Samantha WinslowIf there’s one lesson labor can draw from the events of 2017, it’s this—to survive and grow in the face of a nationally coordinated employer offensive, we’ll have to use the attacks against us as organizing opportunities.
NYC Building Trades Make a Stand at Biggest Project since Rockefeller Center »
December 15, 2017 | Dan DiMaggioNew York City building trades unions are in a fight that hits at the very core of their jurisdiction: big commercial office buildings.
My Quarter-Million-Dollar Baby »
December 7, 2017 | Alexandra BradburyCall her our $250,000 baby.
In July my uneventful pregnancy took a turn—I developed a serious condition called preeclampsia and had to deliver a month early. Paloma weighed less than five pounds at birth, and spent a week in neonatal intensive care.
