Reports

State Union Membership, 2012

January 2013, John Schmitt, Janelle Jones and Milla Sanes

Protecting Fundamental Labor Rights: Lessons from Canada for the United States

August 2012, Kris Warner

Size and Characteristics of States’ Union Workforces

May 2012, John Schmitt and Marie-Eve Augier

Politics Matter: Changes in Unionization Rates in Rich Countries, 1960-2010

November 2011, John Schmitt and Alexandra Mitukiewicz

Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers

July 2011, Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, Nicole Woo, Lucia Lin and Kent Wong

Blogs

CEPR News January 2013

Rising Inequality: Don't Blame the Robots

Visualizing State Union Numbers

State Union Membership, 2012

Public-Sector Union Numbers, 2012

Op-Eds & Columns

The Real Reason for the Decline of American Unions

Kris Warner
Echoes (Bloomberg View), January 23, 2013

Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 17, 2012

Tax Policy Not the Root of U.S. Economic Problem

Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), September 25, 2012

Economic Growth Isn’t About ‘Makers’ vs. ‘Takers’

Dean Baker
Yahoo! Finance, September 19, 2012

Chicago School Teachers Give Us All a Lesson

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, September 17, 2012

Events

Community Cinema Screening of 'As Goes Janesville'

The Impact of Social Policies and Workplace Law

In Defense of the Social Safety Net

Government Unions in the United States

Union for Radical Political Economics 2011 Conference: The War on the Working Class

Make Wall Street Pay! Taking on Corporate Power

National Labor Relations Board Public Meeting on Proposed Election Rule Changes

Three Employment Policy Crises: Jobs, Wages and Public-Sector Collective Bargaining

Are Unions Good for Schools and the Community?

Union Members in 2009 and Beyond Brownbag Lunch Discussion

Press Releases

Labor Rights in Canada and the United States

August 28, 2012

Private Equity and Breach of Trust

August 27, 2012

New Report Suggests National Politics are an Important Factor in National Unionization Rates
November 17, 2011

Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers Among the Fastest Growing Groups in the Union Workforce
January 19, 2011

Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Immigrant Workers
March 25, 2010

Testimony

The Risk of Dismissal for Union Organizing and the Need to Modify the Process
July 19, 2011, National Labor Relations Board

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