Increasing evidence demonstrates the ways in which bargaining power shapes economic outcomes. One’s economic success is not merely defined by individual characteristics such as education. Equitable Growth’s work on unions and collective action in the United States examines the ways in which institutions intersect with economic trends and individual characteristics to ensure that workers can share in the gains of the economic growth to which they contribute.
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Will labor’s surging popularity result in new union members in the United States?
August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024
Unions in the United States improve worker safety and lower health inequality
December 13, 2022
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Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power
May 1, 2020
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Unions and the enforcement of labor rights: How organized labor protects U.S. workers against unfair and illegal employment practices
April 29, 2022
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Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation
February 18, 2020
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In Conversation with Jake Rosenfeld
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Women’s History Month: Systemic gender discrimination continues to harm working women amid the coronavirus recession
March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021
Four ways to understand the pay divide facing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women
March 8, 2021
March 8, 2021
Equitable Growth event will explore the impact of technology in the workplace and potential for advancing worker power
February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021
Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: January 2021 Report Edition
February 5, 2021
February 5, 2021
The consequences of political inequality and voter suppression for U.S. economic inequality and growth
February 3, 2021
February 3, 2021
Competitive Edge: Why noncompete clauses in employment contracts are by and large harmful to U.S. workers and the U.S. economy
January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
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