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Leo Casey discusses the formation and early years of New York City's teachers' union, one of the original locals of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Kinga Wysienska-Di Carlo presents research showing how gender pay gaps and motherhood wage penalties, while well-established in the research literature, are often misrepresented in our public discourse.
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Leo Casey argues that a powerful new working class movement is taking shape, with American teachers in the lead. But sustaining the momentum of this movement will require addressing the strategic challenges it now faces.
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Leo Casey suggests that "casual cruelty" among the privileged may help explain the recent controversy surrounding sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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It is with great sorrow that we report the death of Eugenia Kemble, the founding executive director of the Albert Shanker Institute, after a long battle with cancer. In her honor we are establishing and accepting donations for the
Eugenia Kemble Research Grants.
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In this reprint of a 1977 New York Times column, civil rights legend Bayard Rustin argues that every worker should have the right to organize and bargain collectively.
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Civil Rights legend Norman Hill remembers the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike, during which Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
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Author Michael Maccoby argues that we need leaders who transform fear into productive activity, bring us closer together, and spark hope by working to implement a vision of a more just and prosperous America.
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Polish historian Paweł Zyzak discusses his new book, a thorough examination of the role of the U.S. labor movement in toppling communism in Poland.
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20 years after Al Shanker's death, AFT secretary treasurer Dr. Lorretta Johnson recalls Shanker's belief that justice, fairness and equality could only grow in a climate of unity and togetherness.
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On the 20th anniversary of Al Shanker's death, Herb Magidson remembers Shanker's clear and persuasive voice in support of freedom and democracy.
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Harvard Professor Benjamin Sachs takes on the question of whether changes in the organization of work call for a new legal categorization of workers to capture the kinds of work arrangements typified by the "gig economy."
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Professor Guy Standing (U. of London) advocates a new vision of a Good Society that responds to the insecurities and aspirations of the precarious workforce.
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CAP's David Midland lays out a long-term vision for addressing our country's economic and democratic challenges, and some realistic steps for state and local governments to take to move us toward this vision.
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Between 2000 and 2012, the prevalence of contingent faculty and instructors increased at all types of U.S. colleges and universities, perhaps representing a shift in employment relations at institutions of higher education.
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Although the issue of inequality received a great deal of attention during the financial crisis, attitudes about the government's role in reducing inequality are complex elude easy explanation.
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A quick look at data on how secure U.S. workers feel in their jobs, and whether this has changed over the past four decades.
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State and local taxes, unlike federal taxes, are regressive - low income households pay a larger share of their income than do high income households.
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So-called contingent work, positions which tend to offer less stability and lower compensation than regular full time employment, is a significant segment of the U.S. labor market, and a new GAO report offers important insight into the prevalence of these jobs.
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The second and concluding part of ASI Executive Director Leo Casey's discussion of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
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Part one of ASI Executive Director Leo Casey's discussion of the political calculus behind the Supreme Court case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
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The need for paid family leave has recently received a great deal of attention. Evidence from Poland suggests that it helps mothers stay in the labor market.
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The limited power of domestic workers, particularly undocumented immigrants, to form unions and seek legal assistance needs to be addressed to pave the way for improvement of domestic workers’ compensation, working conditions, and rights.
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Please join us May 1-2 for a special conference, bringing together prominent elected officials, public intellectuals, and union, business and civil rights leaders “in defense of the public square.”
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Over the past three months, teachers in China, protesting low pay and pension uncertainty, have engaged in at least 30 strikes.
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One often-overlooked reason for unions' decline is that labor history gets little attention in history textbooks, and when it does, it is marked by distortions.
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Historian William Jones remembers Richard Parrish, long time labor and civil rights activist who also played a key role in the 1963 March on Washington.
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Recent factory explosions in Bangladesh and Texas illustrate how the future of American workers and their unions is tied those those of other nations' workers.
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Civil rights activists Norm and Velma Hill review "Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right," arguing that the book could form the basis for a strong and diverse coalition on behalf of civil rights, racial equality, and economic justice.
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Being a professional - and being treated like one - is not about how you get raises or how easily you can be fired.
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The process of collective bargaining, voting on agreements, and the overall experience gained through union membership are crucial drivers in the process of “democratic acculturation."
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A new Shanker Institute report reviews the portrayal of organized labor in U.S. high school textbooks. The report concludes that U.S. history texts have essentially "taken sides" in the intense political debate around unions - the anti-union side.
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Recent efforts to require identification for voting/registering are a transparent attempt to suppress turnout among likely Democratic voters, in a nation where electoral participation is already among the worst in the world.
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The unlikely outcome in this week's Wisconsin spring election has gotten national attention. Equally amazing, however, was the turnout, and how it compares with the state's last comparable spring election.
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Remembering Szeto Wah, celebrated Hong Kong democracy activist, legislator, and teacher union leader, who died this week at the age of 79.
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The opening sequence to a recent episode of "The Simpsons," which mocks Fox for outsourcing its animation, is now being suppressed by the network.
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The U.N.'s move to investigate violations of the rights of freedom of association and assembly is a good sign for workers and people everywhere.
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Walmart's attempt to move into South Africa will not be as easy as it was in China.
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