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"Labor unions created and fueled the workers' rights movement that has resulted in a minimum wage, the five-day workweek, the right to take time off for illness or family emergencies without being penalized, and access to many other benefits. Some politicians now claim that labor unions are corrupt and only interfere with the relationship between management and labor, but supporters argue that unions still have an important role to play and may be essential in the effort to combat income inequality. This issue of The Reference Shelf takes a look at labor unions and their evolving role in American politics and the economy."-- [Publisher's description]

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Current State of Unions
• Labor Unions Today
• You May Have Heard of the "Union Boom": The Numbers Tell a Different Story / Greg Rosalsky, NPR, February 28, 2023
• 1 in 10 US Workers Belong to Unions
• A Share That's Stabilized After a Steep Decline / Jake Rosenfeld, The Conversation, January 23, 2024
• Telling the Amazon Labor Union's Story / Ella Fanger, The Nation, October 17, 2024
• Unions Are Bad for Cities / James M. Hohman and Stephen Delie, Mackinac Center, August 15, 2024
• Are We Seeing a Revival of Union Power? / Thomas Stackpole, Harvard Business Review, October 5, 2023
• Public Sector Drop Undermines Unions' Organizing Success in 2023 / Ian Kullgren, Bloomberg Law, January 26, 2024
• What's Going On with Labor Unions? / Lisa Potter, University of Utah, September 7, 2023
• 2. History of Unionization
• What Do Unions Do for Workers?
• 4 Ways Unions Make Our Economy and Democracy Stronger / Sachin Shiva, Center for American Progress, July 11, 2024
• There's a Big Wealth Gap Between Union and Nonunion Workers / Emily Peck, Axios, March 20, 2024
• Teachers' Unions Are Starting Teacher-Prep Programs: Here's What to Know / Madeline Will, Education Week, May 15, 2024
• Autoworkers, Boeing Machinists, Cannabis Drivers: Labor Unions Are Mobilizing in New and Old Industries Alike / Robert Forrant, The Conversation, September 27, 2024
• The Facts Are Clear: Unions Help Women Close the Pay Gap / Institute for Women's Policy Research, February 13, 2023
• 3. Challenges for Unions Today
• Difficulties Facing Today's Unions
• Union-Busting Is Rampant: Here's How to Fight Back / Anusha Rahman and Hannah L. McKinney, Yes Magazine, May 1, 2024

• How Should Labor Movement Handle the Challenges of AI, Automation at Work? / Phil Ciciora, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, August 27, 2024
• The SAG-AFTRA Strike Is Over, but the AI Fight in Hollywood Is Just Beginning / Matt Scherer, Center for Democracy & Technology, January 4, 2024
• Video Game Performers Are Becoming Hollywood Stars in Their Own Right
• and Are On Strike to Be Paid and Protected Accordingly / James Dawes, The Conversation, July 26, 2024
• Unions Give Workers a Voice Over How AI Affects Their Jobs / Amelia Glass, Center for American Progress, May 16, 2024
• 4. The Politics of Unions
• Unions and Government
• No, Unions Aren't Having a Resurgence
• And That's Good for Workers / Veronique De Rugy, Reason, May 9, 2024
• The Accidental Success of the NLRA: How a Law about Unions Achieved Its Goals Giving Us Fewer Unions / Alexander T. MacDonald, The Federalist Society, August 28, 2024
• Teamsters: No Endorsement for U.S. President: International Union Cites Strong Political Divides, Few Commitments from Candidates / International Brotherhood of Teamsters, September 18, 2024
• Donald Trump's Catastrophic and Devastating Anti-Labor Track Record / American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, September 27, 2023
• Biden's Labor Report Card: Historian Gives "Uncle Joe" a Higher Grade Than Any President Since FDR / Erik Loomis, The Conversation, May 16, 2024
• 5. Looking Ahead
• The Future of Organized Labor
• The Rise of the Union-Curious Worker, and How to Win Them Over / Kara Baskin, MIT Sloan School of Management, October 29, 2024
• Trump Nominates Union-Friendly Republican for Labor Secretary / Lawrence Ukenye and Nick Niedzwiadek, Politico, November 22, 2024
• Boeing Workers Secure Big Gains After Strike, but the Future for Organized Labor Under Trump Is Uncertain / Jake Rosenfeld, The Conversation, November 8, 2024
• What You Need to Know about Gen Z's Support for Unions / Aurelia Glass, Center for American Progress, August 9, 2023
• Labor Unions Are Getting Stronger: What Does That Mean for the U.S. Economy? / Upamanyu Lahiri, Council on Foreign Relations, June 14, 2024.

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Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Reference shelf; v. 97, no. 1

Subjects:

Labor unions — United States

Labor unions — Law and legislation — United States

Labor unions — Political aspects — United States

Labor unions

Labor unions — Law and legislation

Labor unions — Political aspects

United States

General Notes:

"Exploring contemporary issues with selected primary & secondary sources"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.

Physical Description:

xvi, 166 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

AC1 .R4 v.97 no.1

ISBNs:

9798891793170 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

1492425340