Michigan’s migrant farmworkers are the backbone of the country’s second-most diverse agricultural economy. Social and labor protections for them fall short.
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Biden is arguably the most pro-union occupant of the White House since the New Deal.
There are better ways to keep employees on board, such as boosting pay and providing better benefits.
Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
The case stems from a complaint filed after seven baristas who were attempting to organize a union at a Starbucks shop in Memphis, Tenn., were fired.
The case stems from a complaint filed after seven baristas who were attempting to organize a union at a Starbucks shop in Memphis, Tennessee, were fired.
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the meaningfulness of their work.
Nearly a century after the National Labor Relations Board’s creation, big corporations are arguing that it violates the US Constitution.
Racism can be a workplace issue, even at Home Depot.
Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.
On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.
In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that within a century, the normal workweek would decrease to 15 hours. Why was he wrong?
Barring evidence of moral turpitude or excessive absenteeism, former administrators are very hard to force out.
Better training and supervision make younger workers less vulnerable to injuries.
Two labor scholars argue that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift.
Rank-and-file union members employed by the automakers have to ratify the new contracts before they become official.
A memorial at the site of the 1911 fire remembers those who died; a cadre of young Jewish women helped push for change in the wake of the tragedy.
People who object to affirmative action were more likely to discriminate against job candidates with Black-sounding names than those who supported it, whether or not they had to rush.
Reuther was both ambitious and pragmatic, scoring many victories for autoworkers.
Many of the reasons for strikes now – low compensation, technological change, job insecurity and safety concerns – mirror the motives that workers had for walking off the job in decades past.
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor Emeritus of Management, Colorado State University
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Professor of Law and Director, Workplace Law Program, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Labor Center, UMass Amherst
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Professor of U.S. History and Labor Studies, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
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Professor of Law and John F. Kimberling Chair, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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