1. Haitian Government Hires U.S. Lobbying Firm
(Matching tags: usaid, hope ii, garment factories, unions, labor, worker rights, caracol)

... assist "the government of Colombia in presenting information on labor issues with relevant U.S. stakeholders, including U.S. Congress, the administration, labor advocacy groups, trade unions and the media." ...

2. CEPR News January 2013
(Matching tags: imf, venezuela, inequality, unemployment, Haiti, Social Security, unions, medicare, minimum wage, Greece, eurozone)

... Science Monitor. CEPR on Unions The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual summary of unionization in the U.S., reporting that the union-membership rate of wage and salary workers in 2012 ...

3. Rising Inequality: Don't Blame the Robots
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, inequality, workers, unions, employment, globalization)

There is little dispute among economists about the sharp rise in inequality over the last three decades. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the top one percent's share of before-tax income roughly ...

4. Visualizing State Union Numbers
(Matching tags: labor market, public sector, workers, unions, labor, private sector, states)

Last week, the Bureau of Labor statistics released its estimates for union members in the United States in 2012. CEPR published our own analysis of the numbers, including a breakdown of state union membership ...

5. State Union Membership, 2012
(Matching tags: workers, unions, public-sector workers, labor, private-sector workers)

On January 23, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2012. This post focuses on the union membership numbers by state. In addition to ...

6. Public-Sector Union Numbers, 2012
(Matching tags: public sector, workers, unions, labor, private sector)

... fall every year since 2009. But, the share of public-sector workers in unions also fell, from 37.0 percent in 2011 to 35.9 percent in 2012. This sizeable drop may well reflect the organized attacks against ...

7. Union Membership, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, public sector, unions, private sector)

On January 23, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its estimates of “Union Membership” for 2012. Using the same data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), we have compiled advance estimates ...

8. Honduras’ Most Powerful Man Misunderstood: "I probably had reasons to kill him…but I'm not a killer"
(Matching tags: coup, unions, Honduras)

The Los Angeles Times’ Tracy Wilkinson conducted a rare interview with Miguel Facussé Barjum, considered by many to be the most powerful man in Honduras, and also believed to be behind the killings of ...

9. CEPR News November 2012
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, inequality, unemployment, Haiti, unions, latin america, private equity, employment, marriage, Elections 2012, Fiscal Cliff, Hostess)

The following highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more. CEPR on the So-called “Fiscal Cliff” CEPR weighed in on the “Fiscal Cliff” debate, reminding everyone that – as ...

10. Family Leave Insurance in New Jersey
(Matching tags: workers, unions, paid family leave, benefits)

As family and work patterns have shifted over recent decades, the demand for time off from work to address family needs has grown rapidly. “Work-family balance” has become an urgent but elusive priority ...