Reports

State Union Membership, 2012

January 2013, John Schmitt, Janelle Jones and Milla Sanes

Pension Liabilities: Fear Tactics and Serious Policy

January 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

The Wisconsin Retirement System is One of the Healthiest in the Country
March 2011, Dean Baker

The Origins and Severity of the Public Pension Crisis
February 2011, Dean Baker

Hard Work in the Public Sector
October 2010, Hye Jin Rho

Blogs

Visualizing State Union Numbers

State Union Membership, 2012

Public-Sector Union Numbers, 2012

Labor Market Policy Research Reports, September 29 – October 5, 2012

Rebuilding the Middle Class

Op-Eds & Columns

Is the American Jobs Machine Coming Back?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2013

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

The Serious People Are on the War Path

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 3, 2012

Americans Would Be Worse Off If Obama Were Defeated

Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), October 25, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, October 25, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), October 25, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), October 25, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), October 25, 2012
Anchorage Daily News (AK), October 25, 2012
Providence Journal (RI), October 25, 2012
Idaho Statesmen (ID), October 25, 2012
Newsday (NY), October 26, 2012
Dallas Morning News (TX), October 26, 2012
Charlotte Observer (NC), October 26, 2012
Merced Sun-Star (CA), October 27, 2012
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), October 27, 2012
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), October 27, 2012
The Gulf Today (Bahrain, UAE), October 27, 2012
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), October 28, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), October 28, 2012
Kokomo Tribune (IN), October 28, 2012
Gainesville Times (GA), October 28, 2012
Lima Daily News (OH), October 28, 2012
West Bend Daily News (WI), October 29, 2012
Waukesha Freeman (WI), October 29, 2012
Keene Sentinel (NH), October 29, 2012
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), October 29, 2012

Events

Return Assumptions on New Mexico Pension Plans

The Impact of Social Policies and Workplace Law

In Defense of the Social Safety Net

Government Unions in the United States

Jobs, Inequality, and the Public Sector: Improving the Economic Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the U.S.

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

Texas Municipal Retirement System Annual Training Seminar

Make Wall Street Pay! Taking on Corporate Power

How Will Austerity Affect Middle Class America?

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

Press Releases

Current PEs Make Risk-Free Rate of Return on Public Pensions Highly Unlikely
April 11, 2011

Public Pension Shortfalls Misrepresented in Budget-Crisis Debate
February 14, 2011

Testimony

Testimony on Return Assumptions on New Mexico Pension Plans

January 23, 2013, Joint Session of the Labor and Education Committees New Mexico State Legislature

Latest Press Hits

• Organized Labor Loses Members
  Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2013


• Union Membership Rate For U.S. Workers Tumbles To New Low
  The Huffington Post, January 23, 2013