This Is Where Union-Bashing and Union-Blaming Gets Ridiculous This Is Where Union-Bashing and Union-Blaming Gets Ridiculous
First Scott Walker, and now a struck corporation claims unions pose a threat to Little League baseball.
Mar 5, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
This Is Why Scott Walker Is Not Presidential Material This Is Why Scott Walker Is Not Presidential Material
Disregarding and disrespecting protests of teachers and nurses does not prepare him to see off global threats.
Feb 27, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Rahm Emanuel Seemed Unstoppable—Until He Ticked Off Chicago’s Teachers Rahm Emanuel Seemed Unstoppable—Until He Ticked Off Chicago’s Teachers
Voters force school-closing Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff and demand an elected school board.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant
After a three-and-a-half-year struggle, workers in Cablevision’s first unionized shop finally win a contract.
Feb 23, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe
Scott Walker Says He’ll Sign ALEC-Echoing ‘Right to Work’ (For Less) Legislation Scott Walker Says He’ll Sign ALEC-Echoing ‘Right to Work’ (For Less) Legislation
The 2016 contender who last year warned new anti-labor measures were divisive and “a distraction” is back in for a fight with unions.
Feb 20, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Will Rahm Emanuel Buy Another Term as Mayor of Chicago? Will Rahm Emanuel Buy Another Term as Mayor of Chicago?
The mayor’s spending millions, but unions and progressives are fighting for grassroots democracy.
Feb 19, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
The State Where Even Republicans Have a Problem With Busting Unions The State Where Even Republicans Have a Problem With Busting Unions
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is getting bipartisan pushback against his attack on labor unions.
Feb 16, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Police Unions Don’t Serve the People. Can the Labor Movement Force Them To? Police Unions Don’t Serve the People. Can the Labor Movement Force Them To?
We banned police from the “house of labor.” Look at them now.
Jan 9, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Are Cities the Next Front in the Right’s War on Labor? Are Cities the Next Front in the Right’s War on Labor?
From ALEC to the Heritage Foundation, a group of anti-labor stalwarts is looking to turn cities and counties into “right-to-work” zones.
Dec 3, 2014 / Moshe Z. Marvit
Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either
Twenty years after the first living-wage law was passed in Baltimore, the campaign’s lead organizer warns that the model has been watered down.
Nov 25, 2014 / Jonathan Lange