labor
Hungarians Rise up Against Anti-Worker ‘Slave Law’ and Growing Authoritarianism
Protests have rocked Hungary after the passage of what labor activists call a “slave law,” which lets employers demand 400 hours of overtime and no pay for 3 years. Journalist Benjamin Novak says the opposition is in a rare moment of unity
GM’s Layoffs Made Possible by Weak Unions, Automatization, and Bad Priorities
Prof. Leo Panitch and former auto worker Frank Hammer discuss how the GM’s 14,000 layoffs in Canada and the US are made possible by the weakening of unions, outsourcing, and misdirected production priorities
Can Environmentalists and Labor Unions Unite?
Baltimore union organizers and environmentalists team up to examine policies that would promote a sustainable future for workers and the planet
Can Maryland’s Renewable Energy Policy Be Reformed?
Mike Tidwell of Chesapeake Climate Action Network says that Maryland’s renewable energy policy is flawed, but wind and solar industries support a bill to revise it
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: August 3, 2018
Khalilah and Eze discuss LeBron James’ new school, Sanders’ bail elimination plan, Baltimore suing big oil, renewable energy in Maryland, and the power of teachers unions
The History of Race and Labor in the USA (2/2)
On the Marc Steiner Show, Marc continues his conversation with Bill Fletcher, who explains how the global economy creates the need for a broad movement of and for workers
The History of Race and Labor in the USA (1/2)
TRNN Replay: On the Marc Steiner Show, Marc talks to Bill Fletcher about the history of race and racism in US labor from African slavery to today
The Marc Steiner Show: Paul Coates
Where Are the Riots of Yesteryear? Remembering May 1968
Richard Greeman / Socialist Project. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the wave of radical revolts and revolutionary uprisings that startled the world in 1968 and which – although ultimately crushed by the forces of reaction that dominate the world to this day – left in its wake rights so fundamental that we tend…
Neoliberalism and the Rise of the Net Social Wage
A new paper from PERI finds that there is a sizable deviation in net social wage data in the 21st century. The study’s author, Katherine A. Moos, examines possible causes-such as healthcare inflation and unemployment-and aims to explain why neoliberal governments would tolerate a growing discrepancy between labor benefits and taxation