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Is the Worst Yet to Come for Unions?
With the decline of good paying jobs in the private sector, public employment has been particularly important for working-class people. These state and local workers also provide important public services ranging from street cleaning, to home health to emergency services. … Continue reading
Right-To-Work Laws and Working-Class Voters: Another Teachable Moment
As a professor, I am always interested in teachable moments. When it became apparent in late 2010 that Ohio Governor John Kasich planned to introduce legislation depriving public sector workers of basic bargaining rights, I told reporters that it was … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, John Russo, Working-class politics
Tagged 2012 election, anti-union, Kasich, Obama, Ohio, Right-to-work, union households, working-class voters
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