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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Unionization Unions

    Workers Are Beating Big Bosses, but Organized Labor Can’t Keep Up

    April 27, 2022 // Worker-led unions are transformational, while organized labor has become transactional.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    How to Start a Union at Your Company

    April 8, 2022 //

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    News Article ● Strike

    Lib Journos Go on Strike. Here’s What They’re Demanding To Return to Work.

    March 7, 2022 // Employees were also critical of management's reluctance to fund "a robust diversity hiring initiative" without first consulting the "Diversity Committee" or to allow the journalists to work from home indefinitely. The union has demanded "protection from forced relocations to the NYC office," which is fair enough because New York City is a terrible place to live. The union's suggestion that management was "offering inadequate family leave," however, received pushback even from supporters of the strike.

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    What You Should Know About Democrats’ America CONCEDES Act

    February 2, 2022 // Gives unions unfair advantages over small businesses and independent workers by adding Davis-Bacon provisions to previously bipartisan policies. The Davis-Bacon Act and related laws require that contractors on federally funded construction projects pay so-called “prevailing wages,” inflating federal construction costs and favoring unions.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Tallahassee Starbucks becomes first in state to begin unionizing

    January 30, 2022 //

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    News Article ● Labor Strike Unions

    New York Times’ Wirecutter writers plan strike around Black Friday

    November 8, 2021 // Over 90% of Wirecutter union members have voted to authorize a work stoppage in late November

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