When Companies Try to Socialize Their Employees
Recreational facilities were introduced by employers to encourage employee loyalty and instill within them certain middle-class values.
How Easy is it for Minimum-Wage Workers to Get a Raise?
The minimum-wage debate has been a long point of interest for business owners and labor economists.
How Temp Jobs Changed Everything
Temporary employment, popularly known as temp jobs, skyrocketed in the 1990s. A look at its dramatic impact on the labor market.
Scott Walker, The Koch Brothers, and the History of Right to Work Laws
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 gave states the ability to enact right to work laws, granting opponents of unions the ability to institute open-shop laws.
The Rise and Fall of Coal Miners’ Unions
The origin of coal miners’ unions during the late nineteenth century.
The Trouble with Scientific Management
Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory has some holes in it.
Class, Feminism and the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers
A paper for Pennsylvania History looked at the way elite & working-class feminists worked together to create the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers.
Why Retail Workers Depend on Merciful Supervisors
What's the best benefit retail workers could ask for? An understanding supervisor.
Why Higher Pay Can Be Good for Business
Higher pay for workers can be a good move for firms even beyond PR.
Labor Unions, Public Employees, and Race: An Interview with William P. Jones
An interview with scholar William P. Jones on labor unions, public employees, and race.