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Tag: Strikes

How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’

Ian Afflerbach, University of North Georgia Over its long history, the American labor movement has displayed a remarkably rich...

1 in 10 US workers belong to unions − a share...

Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St Louis CC BY-ND The share of U.S. workers who...

Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

David Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington In December 2018, John Legend joined then-newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

Taylor Swift and the end of the Hollywood writers strike –...

Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some...

Railroad unions and their employers at an impasse: Freight-halting strikes are...

Erik Loomis, University of Rhode Island The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again.

5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history

Peter Dreier, Occidental College Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is...

Through his art, a former prisoner diagnoses the systemic sickness of...

Nicole R. Fleetwood, Rutgers University In 2007, Haitian-American artist Moliere Dimanche was sentenced to 10 years in Florida state prisons, where he ended up serving...

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Hemingway, after the hurricane

Verna Kale, Penn State The 2024 hurricane season has been especially disastrous, and the casualties and widespread damage from...