Tag: unions

  • Passing the Buck: Why We Make Less But Pay More Part 15: How We Get There

    ,

    Building the Power to Win We’ve shown you the problem. We’ve named who profits. We’ve proven it doesn’t have to be this way. Now comes the hard part: How do we actually fix this? This won’t be easy. This won’t be quick. And anyone promising simple solutions is lying to you. But it is possible.…

  • BrokeCon by Design Part 24B: Rebuilding Worker Power – Why Unions Are the Key to Everything

    ,

    At seven in the morning on August 3, 1981, the air traffic controllers walked off the job. Almost thirteen thousand of them, out of a union of roughly seventeen thousand five hundred, went out over pay, hours, and the kind of working conditions you do not want the people watching the planes to have. Seven…