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Oct 07, 2024
- Interviewed by Jason Rosenbaum for the story, Why Union Membership Declined Despite Banner Year for Labor Activity,
St. Louis NPR's St. Louis On the Air.
[Radio interview]
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Sep 25, 2024
- Interviewed by Nicholas Fandos for the story, Republicans Pick Up Unlikely Allies in Key House Races: Unions,
New York Times, p. A14.
[Article]
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Sep 24, 2024
- Interviewed by Suhauna Hussain for the story, Amazon Demands A Lot From its Drivers. Now They’re Pushing Back,
Los Angeles Times.
[Article]
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Sep 15, 2024
- Interviewed by Peter Eavis for the story, Ending the Boeing Strike Won’t Be Easy. Here’s Why,
New York Times, p. A26.
[Article]
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Sep 12, 2024
- Interviewed by Max Zahn for the story, Boeing Union Workers Reject Contract; 96% Vote to Strike,
ABC News.
[Article]
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Sep 12, 2024
- Interviewed by Annika Merrilees for the story, Sacramento Hotel Workers Approve Strike Option, Joining National Movement,
Sacramento Bee.
[Article]
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May 27, 2024
- Interviewed by Peter Eavis for the story, The Delivery Business Shows Why Unions Are Struggling to Expand,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Apr 20, 2024
- Interviewed by Noam Sheiber for the story, Could the Union Victory at VW Set Off a Wave?,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Feb 16, 2024
- Interviewed by Kyle McKinnon for the story, Why Union Membership Declined Despite Banner Year for Labor Activity,
Delaware Public Media's The Green.
[Radio interview]
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Jan 15, 2024
- Interviewed by Justin Ho for the story, Last Year’s Successful Strikes May Prompt More Labor Actions in 2024,
NPR's Marketplace.
[Radio interview]
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Dec 22, 2023
- Interviewed by Holly Edgell for the story, Across the Midwest, Unions are Breaking Through in a Way They Haven’t in Decades,
KCUR.
[Radio interview]
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Nov 29, 2023
- Interviewed by Jeanne Whalen for the story, UAW Announces Drive to Organize Toyota, Tesla, and a Dozen Other Automakers,
Washington Post.
[Article]
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Nov 21, 2023
- Interviewed by Jeanne Whalen for the story, UAW Ratifies Record Pacts with Automakers,
Washington Post, p. A1.
[Article]
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Nov 11, 2023
- Interviewed by Jacob Zinkula for the story, Why Strikes Are Working and Which Industries Could Be Next,
Business Insider.
[Article]
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Nov 05, 2023
- Interviewed by Dave Boucher for the story, Fain’s Fighting Spirit Sets Tone to Make History, Experts Say,
Detroit Free Press, p. A1.
[Article]
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Oct 01, 2023
- Interviewed by Tim Levin for the story, UAW Strike Chaos Isn’t All Good New for Tesla,
Business Insider.
[Article]
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Sep 28, 2023
- Interviewed by Christian Paz for the story, Donald Trump Isn’t the Union Legend He’s Pretending to Be,
Vox.
[Article]
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Sep 27, 2023
- Interviewed by Jeanne Whalen for the story, Red and Blue Voters are Backing UAW Strikers in One Swing County,
Washington Post.
[Article]
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Sep 18, 2023
- Interviewed by Elaine Cha for the story, United Auto Workers Experiences ‘Overwhelming’ Public Support on Day 4 of its Strike,
St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis On the Air.
[Radio interview]
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Sep 05, 2023
- Interviewed by Annika Merrilees for the story, Workers are Trying to Unionize in Greater Numbers than Expected in the Midwest,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Sep 04, 2023
- Stephane Lauer featured my research in, For Decades the American Public has Accepted the Decline of Unions. This is no Longer the Case,
Le Monde.
[Article]
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Sep 03, 2023
- Interviewed by Ryleigh Hindle for the story, ‘Empowered to Fight’: Workers Unionize Amid Window of Opportunity for Labor,
Missouri Business Alert.
[Article]
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Aug 21, 2023
- Interviewed by Alan Greenblatt for the story, How Public Employees Learned to Stop Worrying and Love to Strike,
Governing.
[Article]
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Mar 22, 2023
- Interviewed by Stephanie Hughes for the story, How a Tight Labor Market Has Made Way for Educators to Strike,
NPR's Marketplace.
[Radio interview]
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Jan 30, 2023
- Interviewed by Annika Merrilees for the story, More Workers are Trying to Unionize in St. Louis, A Shift in the Tide for Labor?,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Jan 16, 2023
- Interviewed by Aki Ito for the story, How I Broke the Last Taboo,
Business Insider.
[Article]
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Sep 15, 2022
- Interviewed by Josh Boak for the story, Biden, Dems See Both Political, Economic Wins in Rail Deal,
Associated Press.
[Article]
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Sep 06, 2022
- Interviewed by Cloey Callahan for the story, Workers Say They’re Willing to Take a Pay Cut to Stay Remote,
Worklife.
[Article]
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Aug 18, 2022
- Interviewed by Meghna Chakrabarti for the story, The Wage Myths of the Modern Economy,
WBUR Public Radio's On Point.
[Radio interview]
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Aug 11, 2022
- Interviewed by Noah Bierman for the story, Labor Unions Are Hot, But Their Moment May Not Last,
Los Angeles Times.
[Article]
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May 20, 2022
- Interviewed by Matthew Boyle for the story, Compensation is Becoming an Even Bigger Headache in the Remote-Work Era,
Bloomberg Businessweek.
[Article]
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Apr 12, 2022
- Interviewed by Sarah Fenske for the story, As 5 St. Louis Starbucks Crews Take Steps to Unionize, Experts See New Hope for Labor,
St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis On the Air.
[Radio interview]
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Apr 08, 2022
- Interviewed by Lisa Bonos for the story, The Return-to-Office Perk Your Boss Won’t Mention: Gossip is Back On,
Washington Post.
[Article]
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Mar 28, 2022
- Interviewed by Sarah Todd for the story, Will High Inflation Lead to Bigger Pay Increases?,
Quartz.
[Article]
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Mar 24, 2022
- Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, Mandatory Meetings Reveal Amazon’s Approach to Resisting Unions,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Mar 15, 2022
- Interviewed by Tess Vigeland for the podcast, Show Me the Money: Why Pay Transparency is Still Controversial,
Wall Street Journal's As We Work.
[Podcast]
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Nov 15, 2021
- Research featured on, Union Busting,
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, November 15.
[Picture]
[Video]
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Aug 18, 2021
- Interviewed on Cheddar News for the story, Work From Home Costs a Pay Cut for Some Workers,
Cheddar News.
[Video]
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Aug 16, 2021
- Interviewed by Sarah O' Connor for the story, Cutting Pay for Remote Workers is a Risky Move,
Financial Times.
[Article]
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Aug 10, 2021
- Interviewed by Danielle Kaye for the story, Pay Cut: Google Employees Who Work from Home Could Lose Money,
Reuters.
[Article]
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Jul 19, 2021
- Interviewed by Malcolm Gay for the story, ‘We Didn’t Have a Voice’: How the Pandemic Spurred a Museum Workers’ Rights Movement,
Boston Globe.
[Article]
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Jun 02, 2021
- Interviewed by Noah Bierman for the story, Biden May Be the Most Pro-Union President Since Truman, But Can He Stop Labor’s Decline?,
Los Angeles Times.
[Article]
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Apr 15, 2021
- Interviewed by Zachary Stieber for the story, Why the Attempt to Unionize at a US Amazon Warehouse Failed,
The Epoch Times.
[Article]
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Apr 08, 2021
- Interviewed by Sarah Fenske for the story, Why You’re Paid What You’re Paid (It’s Not What You Think),
St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis On the Air.
[Radio interview]
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Apr 02, 2021
- Interviewed by Whitney Kimball for the story, It Doesn’t Need to Be This Hard,
Gizmodo.
[Article]
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Mar 20, 2021
- Research featured in Kevin J. Delaney's, What Is Work Worth?,
New York Times' DealBook Newsletter.
[Article]
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Mar 19, 2021
- Interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for the story, Disney Faces Pay-Secrecy Complaint in Lawsuit,
NPR's Marketplace.
[Radio interview]
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Mar 11, 2021
- Interviewed by Kim Elsesser for the story, Want Equal Pay? Get Employees Talking About Their Paychecks,
Forbes.
[Article]
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Mar 10, 2021
- Interviewed by Nicholas Fandos for the story, House Passes Labor Rights Expansion, but Senate Chances Are Slim,
New York Times, p. A21.
[Article]
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Dec 29, 2020
- Interviewed by Katherine Bindley for the story, These Tech Companies Are Paying Workers the Same Rates Across U.S.,
The Wall Street Journal.
[Article]
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Sep 06, 2020
- Interviewed by Jacob Barker for the story, Workers Ring in Labor Day as Advantage Shifts to Employers During Pandemic Recession,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Jun 13, 2020
- Interviewed by Alex Gangitano for the story, Police Unions Face Lobbying Fights At All Levels of Government,
The Hill.
[Article]
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Apr 07, 2020
- Interviewed by Rob Walker for the story, If Jeff Bezos Was Smart, He’d Get Ahead of the Worker Revolution,
Marker.
[Article]
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Mar 30, 2020
- Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, Coronavirus Prompts Instacart and Amazon Strikes Over Health Concerns,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Mar 22, 2020
- Interviewed by Jacob Barker for the story, ‘What Are We Supposed to Do?’ Service Workers Hardest Hit by Coronavirus Concerns,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Feb 28, 2020
- Interviewed by Kurt Erickson for the story, Missouri’s Prison Guard Union Runs Low on Funds, Warns it Could Go Out of Business,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Feb 28, 2020
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, The Faces of a New Union Movement,
The New Yorker.
[Article]
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Oct 19, 2019
- Noam Scheiber featured my research in his article, In a Strong Economy, Why are So Many Workers on Strike?,
New York Times, p. A1.
[Article]
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Sep 18, 2019
- Interviewed by Rachel Cohen for the story, The Biggest Strike in America is About How Much Bosses Can Gut Your Healthcare,
Vice.
[Article]
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Sep 17, 2019
- Quoted in David Leonhardt's column, Why I’m Rooting for the G.M. Strikers,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Aug 26, 2019
- Caleb Crain featured my book in his article, State of the Unions,
The New Yorker.
[Article]
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Aug 19, 2019
- Interviewed by German Lopez for the story, I Was Skeptical of Unions. Then I Joined One,
Vox.
[Article]
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Mar 21, 2019
- Rich Yeselson discussed my research in, An Injury to All: The Past and Future of the American Strike,
The Nation.
[Article]
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Jan 03, 2019
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, The Return of the Strike,
American Prospect.
[Article]
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Oct 11, 2018
- Todd Tucker discussed my research in, Why Labor Is a Foreign Policy Issue,
Vox.
[Article]
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Sep 24, 2018
- Interviewed by Rachel Premack for the story, Why Your Salary Might Not Be Going Up, Even Though the Economy Is Doing Great,
Business Insider.
[Article]
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Sep 14, 2018
- Interviewed by Noah Bierman and Don Lee for the story, Labor Unions Aren’t Buying It When Trump Says ‘I Could Be One of You’,
Los Angeles Times.
[Article]
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Aug 08, 2018
- Interviewed by Ailsa Chang for the story, Voters in Missouri Reject Right-to-Work Law In Rare Win for Labor,
NPR's All Things Considered.
[Radio interview]
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Aug 07, 2018
- Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, Missouri Voters Reject Anti-Union Law in a Victory for Labor,
New York Times, p. B6.
[Article]
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Aug 05, 2018
- Interviewed by Clark Randall for the story, Future of Unions Hangs in the Balance with Missouri ‘Right to Work’ Vote,
The Guardian.
[Article]
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Jul 19, 2018
- Interviewed by Sarah Jones for the story, A Moment of Truth for the Labor Movement,
The New Republic.
[Article]
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Jun 28, 2018
- Interviewed by Matt Taylor for the story, A Future Without Unions Is a Terrible Dystopia,
Vice.
[Article]
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Apr 05, 2018
- Liz Alderman discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, Britain Aims to Close Gender Pay Gap With Transparency and Shame,
New York Times, p. B1.
[Article]
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Apr 03, 2018
- Interviewed by Simon Montlake for the story, Surge in Teacher Activism Challenges GOP Austerity Mindset,
Christian Science Monitor.
[Article]
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Feb 02, 2018
- Interviewed by John Seewer for the story, Right-To-Work Holdouts Face New Efforts to Change Labor Laws,
Associated Press.
[Article]
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Feb 01, 2018
- Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, 6 Reasons That Pay Has Lagged Behind U.S. Job Growth,
New York Times, p. B1.
[Article]
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Nov 07, 2017
- Interviewed by Timothy Noah for the story, Does Labor Have a Death Wish?,
Politico.
[Article]
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Nov 03, 2017
- Interviewed by Adam Gabbatt for the story, Seven Months Long, 1,800 Out… Epic Strike Mirrors US Unions’ Fight to Survive,
The Guardian.
[Article]
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Sep 29, 2017
- Interviewed by Ellen Chang for the story, Target Paving Way for Higher Retail Wages,
TheStreet.
[Article]
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Sep 10, 2017
- Interviewed by Livia Gershon for the story, Unions Aren’t Obsolete, They’re Being Crushed by Right-Wing Politics,
Vice.
[Article]
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Sep 03, 2017
- Lane Windham discussed my research in, The Media Still Gets the Working Class Wrong – But Not in the Way You Think,
The Washington Post.
[Article]
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Sep 01, 2017
- Interviewed by Claire Cain Miller for the story, One Effort to Close the Gender Pay Gap Won’t Get a Try Under Trump,
New York Times, p. B2.
[Article]
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Aug 28, 2017
- Interviewed by Jacob Barker for the story, With State Law Set to Preempt St. Louis Minimum Wage, Groups Push for Missouri-Wide Hike,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Aug 16, 2017
- Guest on KCUR's Up to Date, A Prosecutor’s Role in Criminal Justice and Organized Labor in Missouri,
KCUR's Up to Date.
[Radio interview]
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Aug 16, 2017
- Interviewed by Jordan Graham for the story, Labor Wins the Day in ‘Top Chef’ Verdict,
Boston Herald.
[Article]
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Jul 17, 2017
- Interviewed by Stephanie Russell-Kraft for the story, The Aggressive Anti-Union Campaign at StoryCorps,
The Nation.
[Article]
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Jun 04, 2017
- Amy Crawford discussed my research in, Why Everyone Should Know How Much You Earn,
Boston Globe.
[Article]
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Apr 07, 2017
- Amie Tsang discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, New Rule Aims to Close Pay Gap in British Companies,
New York Times, p. B2.
[Article]
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Jan 27, 2017
- Interviewed by Jason Rosenbaum for the story, Missouri Could Soon Join the Ranks of Right-to-Work States,
NPR's Marketplace.
[Radio interview]
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Jan 06, 2017
- Interviewed by Ginger Adams Otis for the story, Here’s What Donald Trump Should Do If He’s Serious About Restoring Good-Paying Jobs to the Working Class,
New York Daily News.
[Article]
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Sep 05, 2016
- Paul Davidson discussed my research with Jennifer Laird and Patrick Denice in, Decline of Unions Has Hurt All Workers: Study,
USA Today.
[Article]
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Sep 05, 2016
- Jared Bernstein discussed my research with Jennifer Laird and Patrick Denice in, Labor Day Spillovers: How a Unionization Revival Could Help Millions of Workers Not in Unions,
The Washington Post.
[Article]
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Sep 01, 2016
- Joe Biden discussed my research with Patrick Denice and Jennifer Laird in, Vice President Biden Campaign Appearance in Warren, Ohio,
CSPAN.
[Video]
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Aug 30, 2016
- Interviewed by Alana Semuels for the story, Fewer Unions, Lower Pay for Everybody,
The Atlantic.
[Article]
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Aug 30, 2016
- Interviewed by Kate Gibson for the story, One Big Reason for Stagnant Wages and Rising Inequality,
CBS News.
[Article]
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Aug 30, 2016
- Interviewed by Daniel Marans for the story, Why the Decline Of Unions Has Lowered Pay For All Workers,
Huffington Post.
[Article]
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Aug 14, 2016
- Neil Gross discussed my book in, The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Trump,
New York Times, p. SR10.
[Article]
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May 27, 2016
- Interviewed by Tali Arbel for the story, Verizon, Unions Reach Deal in Principle for 4-Year Contract,
Associated Press.
[Article]
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Apr 15, 2016
- Interviewed by Laura Kusisto for the story, Construction Unions’ Grip on New York Begins to Show Cracks,
Wall Street Journal.
[Article]
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Feb 16, 2016
- Interviewed by Rick Wartzman for the story, American Workers Try to Organize – One Click at a Time,
Fortune.
[Article]
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Jan 17, 2016
- Claire Cain Miller discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, How to Bridge That Stubborn Pay Gap,
New York Times, p. B6.
[Article]
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Oct 09, 2015
- Guest on KCRW's To the Point, The Quest for Gender Equality in the Workplace,
KCRW's To the Point.
[Radio interview]
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Oct 06, 2015
- Interviewed by Jason Rosenbaum for the story, Minimum Wage Hike Puts a City at Odds with Lawmakers,
NPR's Marketplace.
[Radio interview]
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Sep 15, 2015
- Interviewed by Brian Mahoney for the story, Walker Sinks Despite Anti-Union Message,
Politico.
[Article]
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Sep 07, 2015
- Interviewed by Jonathan Timm for the story, Can Millennials Save Unions?,
The Atlantic.
[Article]
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Aug 23, 2015
- Interviewed by Rich Lord for the story, Wolf and SEIU Far Too ‘Cozy’ Says House GOP Caucus,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
[Article]
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Mar 06, 2015
- Interviewed by Brian Mahoney for the story, Scott Walker Takes On Unions Again,
Politico.
[Article]
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Feb 19, 2015
- Nicholas Kristof featured my book in, The Cost of a Decline in Unions,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Feb 17, 2015
- Jane McAlevey featured my book in, We Need Syriza in Illinois,
The Nation.
[Article]
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Feb 11, 2015
- Interviewed by Matthew Phillips for the story, American Labor-Union Strikes are Almost Completely Extinct,
Quartz.
[Article]
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Jan 13, 2015
- John Guida featured my book in, Want to Be Happy? Join a Union,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Nov 06, 2014
- Tina Rosenberg featured my book in, An L.A. Story: Unions Show Signs of Life,
New York Times.
[Article]
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Oct 28, 2014
- Interviewed by Robert McClendon for the story, New Orleans’ Tourism Industry Booms but Income Inequality Remains Entrenched,
The Times-Picayune.
[Article]
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Sep 07, 2014
- Interviewed by David Nicklaus for the story, Fast-Food Industry is a Tough Target for Unions,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
[Article]
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Sep 01, 2014
- Justin Fox featured my book in, What Unions No Longer Do,
Harvard Business Review.
[Article]
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Aug 12, 2014
- Interviewed by Deirdre Fernandes for the story, Market Basket a Rare Case in Labor World,
Boston Globe, p. A1.
[Article]
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Jul 15, 2014
- Interviewed by Jonathan Timm for the story, When the Boss Says ‘Don’t Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid’,
The Atlantic.
[Article]
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Jul 11, 2014
- Dmitri Mehlhorn discussed my book in, Why Progressives Shouldn’t Support Public Workers Unions,
The Daily Beast.
[Article]
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May 15, 2014
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, Fast Food Protests Spread Overseas,
New York Times, p. B1
[Article]
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Apr 30, 2014
- Interviewed by Mike Wold about What Unions No Longer Do for the article, State of the Union,
Real Change News.
[Article]
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Apr 29, 2014
- Interviewed by Peter Nicholas for the story, Democrat in Wisconsin Steers Clear of Union Fight,
Wall Street Journal, p. A4.
[Article]
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Apr 02, 2014
- Interviewed by Sam Seder about my book, What Unions No Longer Do,
The Majority Report.
[Radio interview]
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Mar 21, 2014
- Ned Resnikoff, Sarah Jaffe, and Rich Yeselson discuss my book, What Unions No Longer Do,
Talking Point's Memo Book Club.
[Feature]
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Mar 13, 2014
- Interviewed by Ross Reynolds for the story, How Decline of Unions Contributed to Rise in Inequality,
KUOW's The Record.
[Radio interview]
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Feb 28, 2014
- Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, UW Professor Traces Growing Income Gap To The Collapse Of Organized Labor,
KPLU Radio.
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Feb 20, 2014
- Interviewed by Jerry Large for the column, Decline of Unions Affects All,
Seattle Times.
[Article]
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Feb 11, 2014
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, Labor Battle at Kellogg Plant in Memphis Drags On,
New York Times, p. B1.
[Article]
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Jan 30, 2014
- Interviewed for the story, Unions on the Decline,
MSNBC's The Cycle.
[Video]
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Jan 15, 2014
- Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, Boeing Machinists’ Plight Marks Changing Times for Labor,
NPR's All Things Considered.
[Radio interview]
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Jan 05, 2014
- Interviewed by Phuong Le for the story, Boeing Contract Cuts into Local Labor Influence,
Associated Press.
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Jan 02, 2014
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, Vote on New Boeing Contract Highlights a Rift in the Machinists’ Union,
New York Times, p. B3.
[Article]
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Nov 15, 2013
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, Rejection Puts Future Home of Boeing Jet in Doubt,
New York Times, p. B6.
[Article]
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Nov 15, 2013
- Interviewed by Carolyn Adolph for the story, What Boeing Machinists’ Rejection Means for Labor,
KUOW Radio.
[Radio interview]
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Aug 29, 2013
- Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, Fast Food Workers Protest for Higher Minimum Wage,
KPLU Radio.
[Radio interview]
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Aug 29, 2013
- Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, In New Wave of Walkouts, Fast-Food Strikers Gain Momentum,
New York Times' Economix Blog.
[Article]
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Jul 24, 2013
- Research cited in, Are Shrinking Unions Making Workers Poorer?,
The Atlantic.
[Article]
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Feb 08, 2013
- Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, Do Boeing Engineers Have Enough Leverage to Strike?,
NPR's Morning Edition.
[Radio interview]
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May 21, 2012
- Interviewed by Jim Tankersley for the story, Power has Shifted from the Middle Class – Now What?,
National Journal.
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