Snapshots of American Unions Through the Ages
Twelve photos that show the evolution of the U.S. labor movement from the early 1900s to today.
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State of the Unions Week
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Introducing a weeklong Pacific Standard series on America’s labor unions.
What Workers Gain at Worker Centers
In Denver, a worker center provides everything from lockers and ID cards to protection from wage theft for workers with nowhere else to turn.
A Tale of Two Boeing Factories
Boeing workers in Washington State have been unionized for decades; their counterparts in South Carolina recently voted out the union in a landslide. Pacific Standard compares conditions in both workplaces, a year after South Carolina's historic vote.
Can the Alt-Labor Movement Improve Conditions for American Workers?
An expert gives us an overview of the movement sweeping labor reform.
A Look at the Education Labor Movements Emerging Across the Country
A round-up of the strikes and protests organized by educators around the country who are frustrated with low pay and gutted school budgets.
Why Can’t Charter Schools and Teachers’ Unions Be Friends?
The president of California's largest teachers' labor group weighs in on the recent unionization of charters across the state—a shift that runs counter to the history of tension between charters and labor groups.
What Caused the Decline of Unions in America?
Globalization, politics, and the American psyche are all to blame.
‘We’re on Life Support’: Is Streaming Music the Final Note for Professional Songwriters?
Operating without a union, songwriters are still paid through royalty structures created in the days of player pianos and Tin Pan Alley. And in the streaming era, that's a losing formula.
