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Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance: Industrialization and Labor Unionism
The ties that bind organized labor to the left-of-center infrastructure, the Democratic Party, and the modern expansionist administrative state date predate the Wagner Act of 1935. While early labor movements…
by Michael Watson on July 7, 2023

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Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance: Why Unions Came to Be
Labor organization before the Civil War was typically local, short term, and haphazard. Mass industrialization that took off following the end of the conflict drew millions out of farm work…
by Michael Watson on July 7, 2023

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Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance: Defining the Workforce
Aiding Gompers’s shift from Marxist-influenced radicalism to the capital-P Progressive mainstream of the early 20th century was a debate within organized labor that continues to the present day. Should the…
by Michael Watson on July 7, 2023

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Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
The story of organized labor’s development and rise to prominence from the end of the Civil War through the elections of 1946 is complicated. That the difficult, poorly paid, and…
by Michael Watson on July 7, 2023

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Employee Rights Act Is Back
A new version of the the Employee Rights Act (ERA) was introduced in Congress this week. The legislation focuses on increasing the power of workers over labor unions and the…
by Michael Watson on April 21, 2023

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The Legacy of “Mister Republican” Turns 75
Last week, one of the most impressive and consequential pieces of federal legislation of the 20th century passed its 75th anniversary: the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, better known as…
by Michael Watson on July 1, 2022

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Unions and Their Allies Threaten the Supply Chain
Anyone with a passing familiarity with current economic conditions is aware of supply chain problems, which are contributing to inflation and product shortages. These supply chain problems are largely not…
by Michael Watson on June 2, 2022

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NLRB Counsel Wants Card Check as Left-Wing Labor Pick Fails
Under the Biden administration, Big Labor has pressed its interests in several core issues of labor policy. We have previously noted labor union strategies to adapt to contemporary workplace relations…
by Michael Watson on May 26, 2022

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Contesting the PRO Act’s Coercive Vision
his month, Congressional Republicans, business groups, center-right policy organizations, and advocates for worker independence presented their alternative to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act’s coercive agenda: an expanded…
by Michael Watson on March 30, 2022

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A Misguided Republican Gift to Big Labor
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) have ideas to change the relationship between American workers and their employers: employee involvement organizations that resemble European-style works councils…
by Michael Watson on February 8, 2022