Labor leaders are eyeing a Joe Biden victory in November as the start of a union revival, one with the potential to undo decades of policies that have diminished union influence, undermined the right to organize and exacerbated income inequality. And they’re planning on playing a central role. “It’s clear to me it’s going to …
Unions predict a Great Awakening during a Biden presidency Read More »
America is in crisis. There can be no doubt about that. All of our immediate crises—the pandemic and the unemployment and the economic collapse and the death spiral of various public institutions—have lent the upcoming presidential election an air of emergency. For working people in America, though, the emergency is nothing new at all. What …
What’s at Stake for the Labor Movement on Election Day? Everything. Read More »
Joe Biden’s stronger-than-expected performance on Super Tuesday may be tempting some unions that have sat on the sideline through the Democratic primary to fall in behind a candidate they now perceive to be the likely winner. This morning, a slew of locals of the Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union (RWDSU) endorsed Biden, and the union …
As Unions Read the Tea Leaves, Retail Workers Union Locals Rush to Endorse Biden Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
