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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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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
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The state of the residential long-term care industry: A comprehensive look at employment levels, demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of workers in the industry
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What did labor unions do for their members during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Second-class workers: Assessing H2 visa programs’ impact on workers
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Local governments stepping in to bolster workers’ rights
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The role of local government in protecting workers’ rights: A comprehensive overview of the ways that cities, counties, and other localities are taking action on behalf of working people
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Inequality’s drag on aggregate demand: The macroeconomic and fiscal effects of rising income shares of the rich
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The future of work depends on stopping Amazon’s union busting: Shareholders and policymakers must all play a role in protecting Amazon workers’ rights
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The U.S. tax code functionally rewards corporations who use anti-union consultants: Congress must take action
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Much has changed since the first May Day, but building worker power and combating racism and xenophobia remain just as important
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This Workers Memorial Day, honor lives lost by joining workers’ fight for a future that includes safe work
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Testimony before the House Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth for a hearing on the impact of corporate power on workers and consumers
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Unions can reduce the public-sector pay gap: Collective bargaining rights and local government workers
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Congress should boost NLRB funding to protect workers’ well-being
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Data show major strike activity increased in 2021 but remains below pre-pandemic levels: Many worker actions were not captured in the data
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How public-sector workers are building power in Virginia
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Project labor agreements on federal construction projects will benefit nearly 200,000 workers
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Latest data release on unionization is a wake-up call to lawmakers: We must fix our broken system of labor law
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EPI comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
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More worker power is the only sure path to safe work and pandemic recovery
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Top EPI reports of 2021 focused on economic injustice and its remedies
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Unions are not only good for workers, they’re good for communities and for democracy: High unionization levels are associated with positive outcomes across multiple indicators of economic, personal, and democratic well-being
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Expanding overtime protection for teachers under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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Preempting progress in the heartland: State lawmakers in the Midwest prevent shared prosperity and racial, gender, and immigrant justice by interfering in local policymaking
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Two-thirds of low-wage workers still lack access to paid sick days during an ongoing pandemic