May/June 2021

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.

Behind the Virtuous Façade

Mateo Crossa and James M. Cypher

The USMCA’s Rerstructuring of Mexico’s Labor Relations | Read more »
In the Drivers’ Seat

Luis Feliz Leon

Can a cooperative in New York City point the way for reining in Big Tech? | Read more »
India’s Farmers’ Protests

Sirisha Naidu

What’s behind one of the largest protests in history? | Read more »
Can the Decline of Unions Be Reversed?

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Am I right to be pessimistic about significant reductions of inequality, at least through the impact of unions? | Read more »

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Undervaluation Is a Certainty

An Interview with Michelle Holder

Measuring Black Women’s Wage Gap

the regulars

editors’ note Labor, the Democrats, and Austerity
the short run
cartoon
up against the wall street journal Getting Up to Speed on the Minimum Wage
in review Jon Shefner and Cory Bland, Why Austerity Persists; Diane Perrons, Is Austerity Gendered?

Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Taxing the Top

May/June 2021

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the regulars