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Steve Early

Steve Early is a labor journalist and lawyer based in Boston.

Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea

October 21, 2009

Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.

2008

A Teamster Apart: Ron Carey Remembered

December 16, 2008

Two colleagues remember Ron Carey, the reformer and Teamsters Union president, who weathered controversy and won battles on his own terms.

2007

Whatever Happened to the Eight-Hour Day?

October 23, 2007

Americans spend more time on the job than workers in any other country. Isn't it time presumably labor-friendly Democrats did something about it?
Broadband Redlining Targets Rural America

May 14, 2007

Will rural America become roadkill on the information superhighway?

2004

With Friends Like These

November 4, 2004

2003

Letters

August 13, 2003
Labor's Health Problem

June 19, 2003

While fighting givebacks, unions can't lose sight of the big healthcare picture.
Letters

May 14, 2003
Telecom Labor Rising

April 10, 2003

Union members are making links between customers' concerns and their own.

2002

On Culturing a Union

September 12, 2002
Our Collective Bargain

February 7, 2002

2001

Prole Like Me

May 24, 2001
How Stands the Union?

January 4, 2001

2000

Letters

September 27, 2000
From Crimson to Coal Seam

March 2, 2000

1999

Checking the Union Labels

January 21, 1999

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