Politics

10155 readers

195 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Socialism

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ (www.politico.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

0 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Union organizers expressed optimism that bringing in workers from the places least friendly to unions could have impacts on workers nationwide. A Treasury Department report released late last month said boosting union power benefits the middle class and the economy overall.

That report, by the way, can be found here. One of the interesting points made is that the relative diversity of union membership, coupled with the union wage premium, means that unionization can benefit the living standards of a more diverse group of citizens.

So remember kids, it is great to spill pixels about fighting injustice and dismantling capitalism … by all means go for it … but if you really want to change the economic status quo and support economic mobility for everyone, at least in the short term, unionize.

no comments (yet)

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

there doesn't seem to be anything here