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Unions-Firms-Markets

Chronicling and Analyzing the Changing Relationships, Structures, and Power of Unions, Firms, and Markets in the 21st Century.


Government Reports First Rise in Union Membership in 25 YearsJanuary 25 2008
According to the annual BLS Union Membership News Release, the number of workers belonging to unions rose for the first time in 25 years.In 2007, the number of workers belonging to a union rose by 311,000 to15.7 million, the U.S....
Writers Guild StrikeJanuary 19 2008
The Writers Guild strike is entering its 12th week and the union leadership is finding itself faced with a difficult decision - end the strike with a settlement similar to that of the recent Directors Guilds negotiations or to bunker...
New Book on Union Global CampaignsJanuary 18 2008
Quitting Nurses VindicatedJanuary 18 2008
The NY State Department of Health has found that 10 nurses who quit en masse did not jeopardize patients.A state Department of Health inquiry has found that residents at a Smithtown nursing home "were not placed in jeopardy" by the...
The New State CapitalismJanuary 15 2008
Two articles today highlighting the "New State Capitalism." From the Financial Times: The Unsettling Zeitgeist of State Capitalism How can it be that Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanleyand other big banks have been turning to foreign governments for financial lifelines...