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Workers Need a Legal Right to Full-Time Hours

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
A wage hike is desperately needed for the American working class, but higher wages can’t pay the bills if you want full-time hours and can’t get them. Legislation mandating a right to full-time work could fix this.

Workplace Democracy Is Essential to Defending Democracy

James Araby The Stansbury Forum
Without workplace democracy, the fight against autocracy will remain incomplete. With unions, workers can experience democracy at work first — and from there, they can help defend and expand democracy everywhere else.

How Labor Unions Are Tackling AI and Midterm Elections

Kimberly Adams, Meredith Garretson Morbey and Erika Soderstrom Marketplace
Liz Shuler, President of the AFL-CIO, told some world leaders at Davos that if we don't manage the transition to AI well, people could revolt.

Game Changer Policies: Solidarity Insurance and ‘Just Cause’ Job Protections

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez; Irene Tung and Paul K. Sonn Political Economy Research Institute
The Game Changers project offers bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans. Two new proposals presented this week are Solidarity Insurance and Just Cause Job Protections.

Your Next Nurse May Monitor You From the Philippines

Michael Sainato and Jonathan Feakins rest of world
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U.S. hospitals are increasingly hiring Filipino nurses for remote roles to fill staffing gaps and for cost savings, but the practice may be aggravating shortages in the Philippines.

Hachette Book Group Employees Vote To Unionize

Alexandra Alter The New York Times
Hundreds of staff members at Hachette Book Group voted to unionize forming the largest union in American trade book publishing at one of the biggest publishers in the United States.