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January 5, 2023
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Bryce Covert
Starbucks Workers Are Unionizing. Their Bosses Are Refusing to Bargain.
After a banner year for organizing the retail and service industries, workers are learning a hard truth about labor negotiations.
May 14, 2022
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Jason Linkins
Biden’s Embrace of Unions Is a Boon for Democracy
The White House’s support for labor organizing will become critical if Democrats get locked out of power at the federal level in November.
April 20, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Jennifer Abruzzo Has Become One of the Quiet Heroes of the Biden Administration
The NLRB’s general counsel shows herself once again to be the Biden administration’s leading light on expanding labor rights.
April 8, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Team Biden Strikes a Major Blow for Labor
The NLRB’s Jennifer Abruzzo argues boldly that management “captive audience” meetings are illegal.
February 9, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Biden Is Doing All He Can for Unions, but It Still Isn’t Enough
A new administration report has great ideas, but only Congress can give labor real power, and the filibuster’s getting in the way.
December 14, 2021
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Rebecca Nathanson
The 20-Year Fight to Unionize Graduate Student Workers
The 3,000-person strike at Columbia University is the largest active strike in the U.S. and marks a decades-long struggle to recognize grad-student labor.
June 12, 2017
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
Trump the Union Buster
For graduate students fighting to unionize, time is running out.
February 1, 2010
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