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Unions Make the Middle Class

Report from David Madland, Karla Walter, and Nick Bunker shows how stronger unions create a stronger middle class.

Publications

Change for America A progressive blueprint for the 44th president, edited by Mark Green and Michelle Jolin, with an introduction by John Podesta.

Lifetime Losses A new report from Jessica Arons shows that over a lifetime of work, women and their families face sizeable shortfalls in income.

Enforcing Change Report from David Madland and Karla Walter outlines five strategies for the Obama administration to enforce workers’ rights at the Department of Labor.

Multimedia & Video

How Not to Form a Union Animation from the American Worker Project shows how labor law gives workers a raw deal, taking you step-by-step through the union process.

Map: The Career Wage Gap An interactive map illustrates the gaps in pay for women on different education levels and occupations across all 50 states.

THE LATEST

Poverty & Mobility | February 7, 2012

The Poverty Problem

The GOP is focused on blame for poverty instead of combatting it, writes Tom Perriello in Politico.

Labor & Work | February 7, 2012

Let’s Talk About Youth Employment Problems

Desmond Brown offers some advice to conservatives running for president about how to address the problem of youth unemployment.

| February 2, 2012

Mitt’s Snub of the Poor

Desmond Brown matches up the presidential candidate’s rhetoric with his safety-net-shredding policy proposals.

Labor & Work | February 2, 2012

Right-to-Work 101

Karla Walter, David Madland, and Ross Eisenbrey present six ways right-to-work laws harm union and nonunion workers alike as well as the communities they live in.

Poverty & Mobility | February 1, 2012

House Strip Club Vote Misses the Point

Melissa Boteach examines an unfortunate and cynical upcoming vote on banning aid from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program from being spent at strip clubs.

Retirement | February 1, 2012

In Defense of Defined-Benefit Pensions

The way forward for most public-sector defined-benefit plans is through reform, not replacement, write David Madland and Nick Bunker.

Race and Ethnicity | January 31, 2012

Romney Takes Wrong Track on Economy for Latinos

Vanessa Cárdenas analyzes Mitt Romney’s economic policies and concludes that they would hurt, rather than help, the Latino community.

Labor & Work | January 27, 2012

Dormant Union Membership Is a Bad Sign for the Middle Class

David Madland and Nick Bunker explain why building a middle class for the 21st century will be difficult until union membership starts to increase.

Poverty & Mobility | January 25, 2012

The Real Ingredients in Class Warfare

Melissa Boteach details the many ways in which Mitt Romney would harm poor and middle-class Americans alike in order to give the wealthy an even larger slice of the pie.

Labor & Work | January 25, 2012

Unions Make Democracy Work for the Middle Class

David Madland and Nick Bunker show how organized labor increases political participation and fights for policies that help union and nonunion Americans alike.

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