Distinguished Professor Ruth Milkman has just released her 13th book, Immigration Labor and the New Precariat, published by Polity. In it, she suggests that immigration is not the cause of growing inequality, as promoters of the “immigrant threat narrative” claim. Rather, the influx of low-wage immigrants is a consequence of a concerted effort … Continue Reading ››
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Event: Is a Democratic Capitalism Possible (9/14)
Friday, Sept 14th, 8:30AM-10:30AM CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10036 RSVP HERE Inequality is accelerating at an alarming rate as corporate political power is expanding and worker rights and protections are shrinking. The hyper concentration of wealth in the hands of a financial … Continue Reading ››
New Labor Forum Highlights: May 14th, 2018
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below.
The May 2018 issue of New Labor … Continue Reading ›› 
Can the Bay Area Tech Economy Embrace Equity Before It’s Too Late?
Featured photo credit: SEIU-USWW By Chris Schildt, PolicyLink This post originally appeared at New Economy Week 2015: From Austerity to Prosperity. Uber recently purchased one of the largest office spaces in downtown Oakland, California, with plans to move3,000 of its workers there by 2017. For a city facing a housing crisis and rapid … Continue Reading ››
Why America Needs Worker Co-Ops More Than Ever
Featured photo credit: USDA Photo by Lance Cheung, via Flickr CC This article originally appeared at Triple Pundit. By Daniel Faris America is no longer a representative democracy—a fact underscored by decades of grotesque and steadily worsening economic inequality and an election process that depends more on wealthy donors than on an informed electorate. Case in point: the middle … Continue Reading ››
