Civil Rights at WorkVoter Registration and the Labor Movement: Every Vote Counts
The labor movement and voter registration have been linked since the earliest days of organized labor in the United States.
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Civil Rights at WorkCivic Engagement for Workers: Getting Involved Beyond the Picket Line
When most people think of labor activism, they picture picket lines and contract negotiations. But the labor movement has always extended far beyond the workplace.
Civil Rights at WorkVoter ID Laws and Workers: How Election Access Affects Labor
Thirteen percent of Black Americans lack the voter ID their state requires. Five percent of white Americans face the same problem.
Civil Rights at WorkHow Unions Close the Wage Gap for Women and Workers of Color
The single most effective tool for closing pay gaps in America isn't a corporate diversity initiative. It isn't an unconscious bias training seminar. It isn't even a new law. It's a union contract.
Labor Policy & LawSanctuary Cities and Workers' Rights: The Legal Landscape
Every worker in America has the right to report a safety violation, file a wage claim, or join a union. Every single one. But when immigration enforcement enters the workplace, those rights evaporate in practice, even if they still exist on paper.
Civil Rights at WorkHow Immigrant Workers Are Organizing for Their Rights
Every labor victory in this country has an immigrant story behind it. The garment workers who died at Triangle Shirtwaist. The farmworkers who marched with Cesar Chavez. The meatpacking crews who organized across language barriers in the Midwest.
Civil Rights at WorkThe DREAM Act and the Labor Movement: Standing with Immigrant Workers
The strongest union local I ever visited had meetings conducted entirely in Spanish, with English interpretation provided for the handful of Anglo members who showed up. That detail alone tells you something most people get backwards about immigration and organized labor.
Civil Rights at WorkEnvironmental Justice Is a Labor Issue: Lessons from Flint
The people who told Flint, Michigan residents their water was safe to drink were not the people drinking it. That single fact contains everything you need to understand about why environmental justice labor fights and workplace safety struggles are the same fight wearing different clothes.
Civil Rights at WorkPress Freedom and Labor Reporting: Why It Matters for Workers
The most dangerous thing that can happen to a workforce isn't a bad contract or a hostile boss. It's silence.
Labor Policy & LawHow Immigration Executive Orders Impact Working Families
A meatpacking plant in rural Nebraska lost 30% of its workforce in a single week. Not because of layoffs. Not because of automation. Because a wave of immigration executive orders made it impossible for experienced, legal TPS holders to keep showing up to work. The plant scrambled.
Healthcare & LaborThe Single-Payer Healthcare Debate: A Workers' Perspective
Every contract negotiation I've watched in the past decade hits the same wall. Management offers a modest wage increase, then claws it all back by shifting more healthcare costs onto workers. The raise vanishes into higher deductibles and co-pays, and everybody walks away frustrated.
Healthcare & LaborSingle-Payer Healthcare: What It Means for the Labor Movement
Every major contract negotiation in America eventually turns into a healthcare fight. I've watched this pattern repeat for years across industries: union reps sit down at the bargaining table prepared to push for wages, better scheduling, safer conditions.