Stimulus From the Bottom Up
In the United States, working people find the deck stacked against them. The structure of labor law makes it extraordinarily difficult for them to organize. And if they cannot organize, they have little ability to fight for fair wages or ensure that their constitutional rights are respected at the workplace.. Scholars have repeatedly shown that when the government makes it easier for workers to organize to protect their rights and interests, they not only win higher wages but also spend that money on consumer goods, pumping money into the economy and generating growth...Read more
New Legislation Introduced to Make it Easier to Join a Union
A new bill was introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives that will make it easier for working Americans to join together in a union and negotiate a contract.The Employee Free Choice Act gives workers the choice of how to form a union, through a majority sign-up system or through a traditional election, a choice that currently can be made only by employers...
