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American Worker Project

Complete American Worker Project Archive

Workers Don’t Always Get the Red Carpet Treatment: A History of Labor Negotiations in Hollywood with Interactive Timeline, March 5, 2010 External link to the CAP Web Site

Data Matters : How the Nation’s Top Labor Cop Can Use Data to Drive Enforcement and Protect American Workers , March 4, 2010

NFL Negotiations 101: A Primer on the NLF Player-Owner Contract Dispute, March 4, 2010 External link to the CAP Web Site

Card Check: Unions' Salvation?, February 6, 2009

Getting Out of the Deep Unemployment Hole: High Job Losses in Recession Overshadow Economic Recovery , February 5, 2010 External link to the CAP Web Site

NFL Contracts and American Workers: Ask the Expert: David Madland, February 4, 2010 External link to the CAP Web Site

Post-Superbowl Strategies: NFL Labor Talks Begin in Earnest After Superbowl XLIV, February 4, 2010 External link to the CAP Web Site

Getting Workers Back on Union Rolls: Unionization Rates Unchanged Despite Americans’ Interest in Joining, January 22, 2010

Meeting the Jobs Challenge: How to Avoid Another Jobless—or Job-Loss—Economic Recovery, December 2, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

The Hidden Cost of Low-Wage Jobs: Ask the Expert: David Madland and Christine L. Owens, October 20, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Promoting Responsible Contracting: CAP Action Supports Better Implementation of Contractor Responsibility Database, November 6, 2009

Promoting Higher Labor Standards in Federal Contracting: David Madland Testifies on Promoting Higher Labor Standards in Federal Contracting , September 17, 2009

Mixed News for Older Workers: Elderly Workers Rely on the Labor Market to Salvage Retirement, September 4, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Laboring Toward Recovery: Unemployment Numbers Drop in July, August 7, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Making Government Work for Families: The Federal Government’s Role as Employer and Contractor in Improving Family-Friendly Policies, July 20, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Higher Labor Standards in Federal Contracting: CAP Action's Podesta Testifies, July 10, 2009

Getting Real About Interest Arbitration: The Six Steps of a Working Arbitration System, June 18, 2009

Waiting Game: Broken Labor Laws Mean Workers Can’t Get a Fair Deal , June 18, 2009

Job Outlook Still Bleak: Some Improvement in Employment, But Jobs Market Still Grim, June 5, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

The Bottom Line in Labor Law Negotiations: Strengthening the Right to Form a Union, June 3, 2009

Making Contracting Work: Promoting Good Workplace Practices in the Federal Procurement Process, June 2, 2009

New Progressive America: The Millennial Generation: Millennials Are More Progressive than Other Generations, May 13, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Unions: Walter on Why Unions Matter to Hispanics, April 21, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

A Big Small Step for Labor Reform: Costco, Starbucks, and Whole Foods Offer Hope for Unions, March 23, 2009

Economy: Bringing the Economy Back: Madland on Making the Economy Work, March 18, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

The Employee Free Choice Act 101: A Primer and a Rebuttal, March 11, 2009

Bill Would Help Workers Form Unions: CAP Action Supports Employee Free Choice Act, March 10, 2009

Unions Are Good for the Economy: More Unionized Workers Would Be Even Better, February 18, 2009

Unions Are Good for Every State: Interactive Map on Union Wages, February 15, 2009

Card Check: Unions' Salvation?, February 6, 2009

Union: Big Labor's Expectations of Obama, February 5, 2009

Union: After the U.S. Recovers, Will Unions?, February 4, 2009

Unions: Madland on the Benefits of Auto Unions, February 3, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Unionization Climbs, but Still Fraction of 1980s Rates: Workers Want Unions, but Significant Growth Will Require Legislation, January 28, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Harming Workers Until the Very End : Bush’s Midnight Rules Changes and Weak Enforcement of Worker Protection Laws Jeopardize the Rights of Ordinary Americans , January 23, 2009 External link to the CAP Web Site

Issue Brief: Unions Are Good for the Economy and Democracy: A Fact Sheet on the Employee Free Choice Act, December 9, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Auto Bailout Debate Hijacked: Conservatives Attack Workers and Unions, December 9, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Enforcing Change: Five Strategies for Enforcing Workers’ Rights, December 8, 2008

Making Contracting Work: Government Spending Must Lead to Good Jobs, December 8, 2008

Bush Economy Continues Tanking: New Measures Needed to Help Workers , December 5, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

The Progressive Future Is Here: David Madland on the Youth Vote, November 5, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Joe the Plumber Done Right: Policies Matter for Economic Growth, October 22, 2008

The Benefit of Defined Benefits: Defined Benefit Plans Are a Safer Bet for Retirement, October 22, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Millennial Economics: It Don’t Matter if You’re Black or White (or Hispanic): Young Adults’ Opinions on Economic Policy Are Becoming More Alike and More Progressive, October 6, 2008

Una Cuestion de Prioridades: El Departamento del Trabajo bajo la administración de Bush, September 29, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Second Stimulus Needed : Ettlinger and Madland on the Economy, September 18, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Bush Shirks Role as Top Labor Cop: We Can Make Workplaces Safer Again, September 9, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Idea of the Day: The Employee Free Choice Act, August 8, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Job Losses Mount: Unemployment Increases to 5.7%, August 1, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Young People Want Progressive Economic Change: Ask the Expert: David Madland, July 31, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Economy: Logan on the Progressive Generation, July 28, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Union Workers: Madland on Union Workers, July 21, 2008

Why Biased Media Coverage Matters: David Madland on Media Coverage of the Economy, July 10, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Democracy at Work: Opposition Distorting Worker Rights Measure, June 25, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Journalists Give Workers the Business: How the Media Ignores Ordinary People in Economic News Coverage, June 20, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Record Unemployment Is a Clarion Call for Action: Unemployment Sees Biggest Increase in 20 Years, June 6, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

A Tale of Two Conservatives: Comparing Bush and Hoover on the Economy, June 5, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

What Do Young Americans Think About the Economy?: Amanda Logan on the Progressive Generation, June 3, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

The Progressive Generation: How Young Adults Think About the Economy, May 6, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Retirement: Weller and Madland on the Retirement Savings Program, April 23, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

The Write Stuff: The Writer's Strike and the Economy, April 10, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Dismal Employment Numbers: 80,000 Jobs Lost, April 4, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Employment Hits New Low: More Bad News for Workers, February 1, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

What Would Jesus Tax?: David Madland in the Washington Post, January 19, 2008

Labor Market: Madland on New Lows for Workers, January 12, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Responsible Investment: Fiscal Policy for Progressive Growth, January 9, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

American Workers See New Lows: 2007 Ends with Employment Declines, January 4, 2008 External link to the CAP Web Site

Sole Sourcing: Spending Tax Dollars at the Labor Department, November 29, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Progressive Growth: Transforming America’s Economy, November 28, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Mixed Signals: Job Growth Up But Concentrated, November 2, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

What Workers Want, Congress Should Provide: David Madland in the Washington Post, August 3, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Democracy at Work: Opposition Distorting Worker Rights Measure, June 25, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

A Fairer Workplace: Senate Begins Debate on EFCA, June 20, 2007

Check Here for Workers’ Rights: EFCA Crucial to Workers, June 20, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

A Free Choice To Organize: The Progress Report, June 20, 2007

Feasting Off the Taxpayer: Government Contracting Abuses, May 29, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Competitive Contracting: Congress Must Clean Up Procurement, May 14, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Free Choice for Workers: Congress Debates Union Legislation, March 26, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

Restoring Workers Rights: Union Legislation Reopens the Conversation, February 23, 2007 External link to the CAP Web Site

The High Road to a Competitive Economy: A Labor Law Strategy (pdf): A Labor Law Strategy, June 25, 2004 External link to the CAP Web Site