The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers
Leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates share their visions for advancing racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond.
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9 Black Labor Leaders and Advocates Reflect on the Pandemic and What Comes Next
We asked nine leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates how to advance racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond. Here are their responses.
10 Charts on the State of U.S. Workers on the 2nd Pandemic Labor Day
While workers are continuing to struggle under Covid, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.
Win for Gig Workers: California Rules Uber Can’t Hack Labor Laws
Labor groups refused to give in after rideshare companies won an anti-worker state ballot initiative last year through a heavily funded disinformation campaign.
IPS Mourns the Death of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka
The former mineworker received the Institute’s Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award in 1990 for his leadership in the successful Pittston coal strike.
The Civilian Climate Corps Could Be Transformative. Will Democrats Meet the Moment?
The climate jobs program in the budget reconciliation deal should build on FDR’s initiative in ways that advance equity for all.
Despite Republican Boycott, Dems Launch New Inequality Committee
Over the next two years, they will study the problem of economic disparity and develop policy solutions.
Rein In Private Equity Before It Destroys More Jobs
The Hufcor plant in Janesville, Wisconsin was profitable before investors gobbled it up. Now it’s the latest highway robbery by private equity.
How Uncle Sam Can Encourage Corporations To Be More Patriotic
By using the power of the public purse, we can encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens.