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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.

The Case for Tripling Union Membership

Heidi Shierholz, Celine McNicholas, Josh Bivens, Jennifer Sherer, Ben Zipperer, Margaret Polydock Economic Policy Institute
How rebuilding union power would strengthen workers, the economy, and our democracy

Monitor Amok!

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
The federal court–appointed official overseeing the UAW is taking sides in the union’s upcoming presidential election.

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Report Warns Attacks on Workers’ Rights Are Weakening Democracy

Democracy Without Borders Democracy Without Borders
The International Trade Union Confederation has released its annual report on global rights. This year the U.S. was placed on a new “watchlist” alongside 6 other countries where there found a measurable increase in worker rights' violations.

AWOL in the Class War

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Americans realize they’ve lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.

How Penn Graduate Workers Got Their Union Contract

Emily Aunins, Sam Schirvar, Guru Shabadi Convergence
As workers at the University of Pennsylvania pursued a first contract, Trump’s second presidency rendered the administration cowed, the labor board unreliable, and international workers afraid. The antidote: high-participation, worker-led organizing.

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Workers Are Demanding a Share of Samsung’s AI Windfall

Kap Seol Convergence
A last-minute deal headed off a planned strike at Samsung, the Korean electronics giant. The unions have shown that a sustained campaign backed up by the willingness to strike can extract concessions, even from one of the world’s most powerful firms.
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