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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Labor Unionization Unions

    The Faster Labor Contracts Act would force workers into unions they never voted for

    June 4, 2026 // The retail, leisure, and hospitality sectors, by contrast, are traditionally harder for unions to organize because the workers who would back a union are also less likely to stick around. That’s why the unions want contract deadlines to apply to all negotiations, not just cases in which companies may be deliberately delaying things. Unions might otherwise find themselves in a “herding cats” situation because workers are constantly coming and going.

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    Measuring the Salary Value of Education and Work Experience in Massachusetts

    March 14, 2022 // A Regression-Model Study of Salaries in New-Hire Job Postings

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