Labor Law Must Include All Workers
Inclusion is a necessary first step toward fixing America’s broken labor law system.
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Toward a More Cooperative Union
Workers and employers should have the freedom to collaborate and design new forms of worker organizations.
Refocusing Labor Policy to Unleash the American Worker
American workers are the backbone of this country. In the wake of the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to remove barriers burdening the American worker. On Capitol Hill, the Republican Study Committee’s American Worker Task Force has proposed bold new solutions that would empower our nation’s workers to face today’s challenges as well as tomorrow’s.
The Long and Winding Road to Reform
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
Worker Organizations Must Enable Worker Power
Allowing for alternative forms of worker organization makes sense if and only if they contribute to the growth of full-fledged collective bargaining unions.
Seeking Choice, Not a “Perfect” System
My underlying disagreement comes not from an appeal to the popular will but, rather, a difference of values: I’d rather have an economy that allows for more creativity, choice, and wealth creation even if it results in less equality.
Reviving the Conservative Heart of Organized Labor
Cardus’s Brian Dijkema advocates for a new conservative home for organized labor in this adaptation from American Compass’s “A Seat at the Table” series.
Workers of the World
Few Americans realize how our system of organized labor is an outlier among Western nations. In some European countries, unions attract a greater share of workers and maintain less adversarial relationships with business. A better understanding of these alternative models can guide American policymakers as they address our labor policy challenges.
America Needs a Conservative Labor Movement
American Compass’s Oren Cass argues that a strong, reformed labor movement has unique potential to advance conservative priorities.
With Labor Power Will Come Labor Responsibility
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
A Q&A With Oren Cass
American Compass’s Oren Cass talks with WorkRise’s Elisabeth Jacobs about the current economic crisis, the ways society has come to devalue certain kinds of labor, and the need for alternative pathways to the workforce.
Q&A with Freelancers Union Founder Sara Horowitz
Labor law has failed to evolve alongside a changing labor market. Some labor leaders have been moving ahead anyway.
Would Sectoral Bargaining Provide a Better Framework for American Labor Law?
Labor leader David Rolf and American Compass’s Oren Cass discuss the potential for sectoral bargaining in America.
Labor for the Future
This is one of those half-baked blog posts that are the point of a blog but increasingly rare; after all, in the digital era everything seems to just get slicker and more centralized. There are only three sites to post to and you have to be on, and casual-Friday professional, you know?, for your brand. If you want to spitball you can just tweet. Anyway.
Sectoral Bargaining’s Promise and Peril
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
The Wagner Act’s Original Sin
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
The Once and Future American Labor Law
American labor law has become worse than useless: a lower share of the private-sector labor force is organized today than before the National Labor Relations Act was passed in 1935. The time has come for an entirely new model.
The Conservative Case for Unions & the Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party
American Compass’s Oren Cass joins The Realignment to discuss how the GOP can reconcile with organized labor and how the left and right should rethink their approach to economics.
A Conservative Future for the Labor Movement?
Robert Verbruggen comments on the labor reforms suggested in American Compass’s “Conservatives Should Ensure Workers a Seat at the Table” statement.
Workers Are People, Not Widgets
Meet Alex and Lance, two blue-collar workers in southwestern Ohio. One had union representation as he sought a foothold in the labor market; the other did not. Their lives remind us that there is still power in a union.
