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Unions help reduce disparities and strengthen our democracy
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The PRO Act is pro-worker: How the act would restore workers’ freedom to form a union
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Why unions are good for workers—especially in a crisis like COVID-19: 12 policies that would boost worker rights, safety, and wages
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Fear at work: An inside account of how employers threaten, intimidate, and harass workers to stop them from exercising their right to collective bargaining
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Union workers are more likely to have paid sick days and health insurance: COVID-19 sheds light on least-empowered workers
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Unlawful: U.S. employers are charged with violating federal law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns
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How today’s unions help working people: Giving workers the power to improve their jobs and unrig the economy
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Employers spend more than $400 million per year on ‘union-avoidance’ consultants to bolster their union-busting efforts
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Employers regularly engage in tactics to suppress unions: Examples at Starbucks, Amazon, and Google illustrate employers’ anti-union playbook
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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country: Amid increasing child labor violations, lawmakers must act to strengthen standards
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Why ‘right-to-work’ was always wrong for Michigan: Restoring workers’ rights is key to reversing growing income inequality in Michigan
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Flexible work without exploitation: Reversing tech companies’ state-by-state agenda to unravel workers’ rights and misclassify workers as ‘contractors’ in the gig economy and beyond
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Major strike activity increased nearly 50% in 2022: Upcoming Supreme Court case threatens workers’ ability to strike
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EPI comments on DHS and DOL Temporary Rule to increase the fiscal year 2023 numerical limitation for the H-2B visa program and portability for H-2B workers
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EPI comments on NLRB’s proposed rulemaking on Fair Choice and Employee Voice
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The economic costs of worker misclassification
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Unionization increased by 200,000 in 2022: Tens of millions more wanted to join a union, but couldn’t
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The economics of abortion bans: Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers
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The Department of Homeland Security took a positive step by clarifying and streamlining the process to protect migrant workers in labor disputes
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State and local governments should use ARPA pandemic funds in 2023 to rebuild the public sector and support working families and children
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EPI response comments regarding the NLRB’s Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
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Threatening migrants and shortchanging workers: Immigration is the government’s top federal law enforcement priority, while labor standards enforcement agencies are starved for funding and too understaffed to adequately protect workers
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed rulemaking on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment sets new bar for state worker power policy: Other state legislatures should seize the moment to advance worker, racial, and gender justice in 2023
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EPI comments on NLRB’s proposed rulemaking on the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
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Domestic Workers Chartbook 2022: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
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Voters turned out for economic justice: A review of key ballot measures from the 2022 midterm elections
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EPI comment on proposal to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement an Executive Order pertaining to project labor agreements in Federal construction projects
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EPI comments on OLMS’s proposed rulemaking on the revision of the form LM-10 employer report
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Not So Free to Contract: The Law, Philosophy, and Economics of Unequal Workplace Power
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Over 60% of low-wage workers still don’t have access to paid sick days on the job
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Union approval hits highest point since 1965: Here’s why this isn’t surprising
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California’s FAST Recovery Act is a victory for fast food workers and a model for state labor policy
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Teachers’ unions reduce teacher stress. Anti-union laws significantly increase it.
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President Biden’s first 18 months: Assessing the Biden administration’s record for workers
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts rule
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Unions helped keep workers in jobs and paid during the pandemic