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The retirement of United Mine Workers of America’s longtime president is a reminder that labor and religion have always been entangled in coal country.
A professor of management who has been stranded during the recent Air Canada strike shares research-backed strategies to help make unbearable situations easier to navigate.
The judge’s ruling is an important signal to unions in pursuing other employers who may breach the Fair Work Act.
Air Canada flight attendants have been in negotiations with the company since March, fighting for fairer wages and working conditions.
Both holidays arose at the same time, nearly 150 years ago, in the midst of an explosive labor uprising.
Pro wrestling’s failed unionization effort – and Hogan’s alleged role in undermining that campaign – is part of a broader story about the erosion of labor’s power since the 1980s.
Is the UK’s second-biggest union about to switch allegiance from Labour to Corbyn?
An expert on Philadelphia’s municipal workers union talks about how social media helped the workers on strike to get their message out.
For the public service, strikes are generally a last resort. But there are other sources of union power – in particular, deep connections to the voting public.
Four decades ago, amid a cost-of-living crisis, rising unemployment and stagnant wages, a unique partnership between artists and trade unions thrived.
In the 1980s, retrenched workers sometimes set up worker co-operatives to regain control. Now the model is making a comeback in green manufacturing
An immigration historian says removal orders targeting student activists echo America’s long past of jailing and expelling immigrants because of their race, what they say or believe – or all three.
Recent immigration measures highlight deep inequalities in who gets recognized. An inclusive regularization strategy must go beyond sector-specific fixes.
Obviously, the government can’t set wages directly. But research shows recent policies that have increased worker power are associated with strong wage growth.
Not all union endorsements carry the same weight, but they can play a strategically critical role in election campaigns.
Pushback works.
Workers in the Pilbara generate a significant portion of Australia’s mining wealth, but often face insecure work, mental distress and sexual harassment.
Premier Doug Ford received more union endorsements in his recent campaign. The impact of the endorsements may be exaggerated, but there are implications for Canada’s labour movement.
A pro-business National Labor Relations Board under President Trump could embolden Whole Foods and other companies to delay negotiations with unionized workers.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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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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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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