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Mayte Torres / Getty How Unions Help Moms Take Maternity Leave
Besides fighting for workers’ benefits, unions can influence whether workers take advantage of the ones already available to them, a new study shows.
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Bebeto Matthews / AP A Labor Movement That’s More About Women
America’s most significant worker protections are failing to protect millions of female employees. As unions decline, can smaller advocacy groups change that?
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welzevoul / Cameron Whitman / Shutterstock / Zak … The Plight of the Overworked Nonprofit Employee
Do mission-driven organizations with tight budgets have any choice but to demand long, unpaid hours of their staffs?
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Joe Raedle AFP/Getty Can Millennials Save Unions?
Membership rates are at historic lows for all American workers, especially those in their 20s and early 30s—and yet, that’s a generation with unusually favorable opinions of organized labor and what it stands for.
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AP / Zak Bickel / The Atlantic Can Millennials Save Unions?
Membership rates are at historic lows for all American workers, especially those in their 20s and early 30s—and yet, that’s a generation with unusually favorable opinions of organized labor and what it stands for.
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Mike Blake / Reuters When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid'
Whether I was working as a barista or a paralegal, the story was the same: My employers wanted me to keep my mouth shut about money.
