How Unions Fracture Along Economic Lines
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentIn 1983, just over 20 percent of American workers belonged to a union. Now, 35 years later, that number has been cut in half to just about 10...
View ArticleUnion Families Are Nervous as de Blasio Faces Another Round of Labor Contract...
When Bill de Blasio took the reins at City Hall, he inherited a municipal workforce of more than 300,000 people all working with expired labor contracts. In four years, his administration reached...
View ArticleWhen a Billionaire Buys Your Publication
For the last 20 years, the news industry has been crumbling. In an effort to stay solvent, both legacy media and digital newbies have increasingly looked toward deep-pocketed ownership to stay alive –...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Hear Case That Could Deal Blow To Unions
On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could deal a crippling blow to public sector unions.The case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, challenges...
View Article25 Years in 25 Days (2005): Transit Strike
This fall, the Brian Lehrer Show is marking 25 years of Brian at WNYC with a year-by-year look at stories that mattered from 1989 to 2014. Find the full schedule and lots more here.TWU Local 100 went...
View ArticleHow Christie Played The Teachers' Union
They signed the piece of paper, and they knew that the page in ahalf they were signing. But they underestimated how Christie would spin it. He returns to a familiar foe, whom he had won battles in the...
View ArticleNew York Unions Prosper, Even as They Decline Nationwide
The first Labor Day was observed in September 1882, when thousands of workers marched from City Hall to Union Square. Today, the city remains a bastion of organized labor, even as unions are in decline...
View ArticleTop 5 Broadway Shows for Labor Day
To help you enjoy this national holiday we're bringing you the top 5 Broadway shows celebrating labor rights and the American workforce:AmericanaThis 1926 musical revue featured music by the Gershwins,...
View Article50 Years of Public Employees Unionizing
William Herbert, distinguished lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the Executive Director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and...
View ArticleTrump Threatens North Korea; Why Colin Kaepernick Still Has No Job; How to...
Coming up on today's show:Frank Aum, visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, former Senior Advisor for North Korea in the office of...
View ArticleVote to Unionize Nissan Plant May Have Far-Reaching Consequences
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. For years, workers at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi have asked for a straight vote to unionize. They have complained of the...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; the City's Property Taxes; Polling and the...
Coming up on today's show:Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg White House reporter, rounds up the weekend's news and discusses the latest from the unfolding Trump-Russia storyline.Judge Jonathan Lippman,...
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Thousands of immigrants, unions march in May Day protests
People take part during the May Day demonstration May 1 in Washington Square Park in New York.Thousands are expected to take part in May Day rallies across the country to support workers rights. Photo...
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Ph.D students are underpaid and overstressed. Can academic unions change that?
In March, a Belgian study reported that doctoral students experience mental illness at 2.5 times the rate of other people with college degrees or those currently enrolled at university. Photo by Larry...
View ArticleThe State of Unions Under Trump: What You Need to Know
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.President Trump is in Charleston, South Carolina, today to attend the rollout of a new plane from Boeing, the 787-10 Dreamliner. “This visit...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Construction Hazard, Message to White America, Failed...
Hear three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Construction Hazard (First) | Message to White America (Starts at 20:12) | Failed Banks Failed Middle Class (Starts at...
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Republicans to target unions, expand school choice in states
The U.S. Capitol stands in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2016. Photo by Joshua Roberts/ReutersJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans are poised to use their newly attained capitol dominance to make Missouri...
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Shields and Brooks on Trump’s understanding of presidential power
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That’s syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.Welcome, gentlemen.So,...
View ArticleNew York's Strongest Are First to Back de Blasio's Reelection
Mayor Bill de Blasio picked up a powerful labor endorsement for his 2017 re-election bid Monday, landing the support of the Uniformed Sanitation Workers Union, Local 831.“We’re going to be the first...
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South Carolina’s manufacturing revival lures new business
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioPATRICIA SABGA: That’s the sound of manufacturing jobs on the way. Two thousand of them expected within two years, when this 500 acre plant near Ridgeville, South...
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