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January 28, 2021

Labor data

 2020

20 states, 32 cities raise minimum wage
New Jersey expands family leave act

Trial four day work week works
When union membership goes down
A free documentary on worker cooperatives
Building union co-ops
Union membership works especially well for people of color
Modern approaches to labor organizing
Unions are changing


ESSAYS
  • Why labor unions are essential
  • Organizing a general strike
  • Government is legally required to create jobs
  • FALSE PROFITS
  • CORPORATIONS & US
  • SOVREIGNTY MOVEMENT
  • EVANGELICAL ECONOMICS
  • DERIVATIVE AMERICA & THE ENRON GENERATION 

LABOR LINKS
Fix My Job
Right to work laws explained

Vacation laws around the world

How to organize a union

 
Unions & organizations
AFSCME AFL-CIO
FREELANCERS UNION
INTNL CONF OF FREE TRADE UNIONS IWW
JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE
JOBS WITH JUSTICE
SEIU
UAW
STARBUCKS UNION
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS UNITED FOOD WORKERS 
EXECUTIVE PAY WATCH  
INTL LABOR RIGHTS FUND  
Worker co-ops
A free documentary on worker cooperatives
Building union co-ops


Media
40 HOUR WEEK

LABOR NEWS PODCAST
LABOR START
 
Minimum wage
STATE MINIMUM WAGE LAWS COMPARED TO FEDERAL STANDARD


Outsourcing
WHO'S OUTSOURCING IN YOUR STATE; WHO'S IN TROUBLE WITH THE NLRB


Sweatshops
BEHIND THE LABEL
GLOBAL EXCHANGE 


Worker rights
CAN MY BOSS DO THAT?





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