Pluralistic: Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending (27 Apr 2023)


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A Collective Bargain

Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy.

The cover of the Harpercollins edition of Jane McAleveyโ€™s โ€œA Collective Bargain.โ€

Now, if you want higher wages let me tell you what to do
You got to talk to the workers in the shop with you
You got to build you a union, got to make it strong
But if you all stick together, boys, it wonโ€™t be long
You get shorter hours, better working conditions
Vacations with pay. Take your kids to the seashore-

-Pete Seeger, Talking Union Blues


For yearsโ€Šโ€”โ€Šdecadesโ€Šโ€”โ€Šunions seemed like a relic, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. American union participation nosedived in the Reagan years and continued to decline, year after year, with no bottom in sight.

Until 2018.
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Pluralistic: How workers get trapped by "bondage fees"; Red Team Blues Chapter One, part five (21 Apr 2023)


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Pluralistic: Is antitrust anti-labor? (14 Apr 2023)


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Pluralistic: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes (12 Apr 2023)


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Pluralistic: Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores (27 Mar 2023)


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Pluralistic: Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing (21 Mar 2023)


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Pluralistic: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem (09 Feb 2023)


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Pluralistic: Care Inflation (18 Jan 2023)


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Pluralistic: The antitrust Twilight Zone (16 Dec 2022)


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