“Weren’t We Women First Out on the Streets?”: The Incomplete History of 1917
By Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild, In the year of the pussy, and also coincidentally the centennial of the Russian Revolu
May Day: A History
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Bill Lazonick on The Rise and Fall of the American Middle Class
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUnguEjTPDY&w=560&h=315] William Lazonick, professor at U
New Book: Employers’ Economics versus Employees’ Economy – How Adam Smith’s Legacy Obscures Public Investment in the Private Sector
By John F. M. McDermott. From Palgrave: This book argues that economic activity in the public sphere now underwrites pr
LaborNotes: Building an Army to Fight Runaway Inequality
How can unions help create a social movement to take on Wall Street’s economic and political dominance? That’s t
EPI: Unions help narrow the gender wage gap
Tuesday, April 4th is Equal Pay Day— the day that marks when a typical woman’s earnings catch up to what a man earned in the
EPI: Low-wage African American workers have increased annual work hours most since 1979
by Valerie Wilson & Janelle Jones Over the last several decades, black workers have been offering more to the econo
Marx on Immigration Workers, Wages, and Legal Status
by David L. Wilson On April 9, 1870, Karl Marx wrote a long letter to Sigfrid Meyer and August Vogt, two of his collaborato
New Book by James Young: Union Power – The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania
From Monthly Review Press: If you’re lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there’s about a one-in-ten
New Book: Against Labor – How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism
From University of Illinois Press: Against Labor highlights the tenacious efforts by employers to organize themselv
Nancy Folbre & Kristin Smith on The Wages of Care: Bargaining Power, Earnings & Inequality
by Nancy Folbre & Kristin Smith From the abstract: The uneven bargaining power of both firms and workers may be cont
URPE Brooklyn Conference: Left-Wing Economics in a Right-Wing Political Climate
St. Francis College, Brooklyn NY, April 8, 2017 The Conference will bring together the theoretical perspectives of ra
Call For Papers: The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Program Committee seeks paper and session proposals offering
re: F@ck Work?
by Scott Ferguson, James Livingston has responded to my critique of his Aeon essay, “Fuck Work.” His response was publ
New Book: October 1917 – Workers in Power
Edited by Fred Leplat and Alex de Jong. From Merlin Press: Was October 1917 a coup d’état or a social revolution? W
“JOBS FOR ALL”: Another Dream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Mathew Forstater Not many folks remember that the 1963 “March on Washington” was officially named the “March on Wash
New Journal of Working-Class Studies
The Working-Class Studies Association is pleased to announce The Journal of Working-Class Studies. JWCS is an onlin
F@ck Work? Scott Ferguson on Universal Basic Income
By Scott Ferguson In the wake of Donald Trump’s alarming election to the White House, historian James Livingston publi
Producing Poverty: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Production Jobs in Manufacturing
From Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Much attention has been given in recent years to low-wage work in th