Media – Jake Rosenfeld

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]
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]
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]
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]
Sep 12, 2024 - Interviewed by Max Zahn for the story, Boeing Union Workers Reject Contract; 96% Vote to Strike, ABC News. [Article]
Sep 12, 2024 - Interviewed by Annika Merrilees for the story, Sacramento Hotel Workers Approve Strike Option, Joining National Movement, Sacramento Bee. [Article]
May 27, 2024 - Interviewed by Peter Eavis for the story, The Delivery Business Shows Why Unions Are Struggling to Expand, New York Times. [Article]
Apr 20, 2024 - Interviewed by Noam Sheiber for the story, Could the Union Victory at VW Set Off a Wave?, New York Times. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Nov 21, 2023 - Interviewed by Jeanne Whalen for the story, UAW Ratifies Record Pacts with Automakers, Washington Post, p. A1. [Article]
Nov 11, 2023 - Interviewed by Jacob Zinkula for the story, Why Strikes Are Working and Which Industries Could Be Next, Business Insider. [Article]
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]
Oct 01, 2023 - Interviewed by Tim Levin for the story, UAW Strike Chaos Isn’t All Good New for Tesla, Business Insider. [Article]
Sep 28, 2023 - Interviewed by Christian Paz for the story, Donald Trump Isn’t the Union Legend He’s Pretending to Be, Vox. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Aug 21, 2023 - Interviewed by Alan Greenblatt for the story, How Public Employees Learned to Stop Worrying and Love to Strike, Governing. [Article]
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]
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]
Jan 16, 2023 - Interviewed by Aki Ito for the story, How I Broke the Last Taboo, Business Insider. [Article]
Sep 15, 2022 - Interviewed by Josh Boak for the story, Biden, Dems See Both Political, Economic Wins in Rail Deal, Associated Press. [Article]
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]
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]
Aug 11, 2022 - Interviewed by Noah Bierman for the story, Labor Unions Are Hot, But Their Moment May Not Last, Los Angeles Times. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
Mar 28, 2022 - Interviewed by Sarah Todd for the story, Will High Inflation Lead to Bigger Pay Increases?, Quartz. [Article]
Mar 24, 2022 - Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, Mandatory Meetings Reveal Amazon’s Approach to Resisting Unions, New York Times. [Article]
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]
Nov 15, 2021 - Research featured on, Union Busting, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, November 15. [Picture] [Video]
Aug 18, 2021 - Interviewed on Cheddar News for the story, Work From Home Costs a Pay Cut for Some Workers, Cheddar News. [Video]
Aug 16, 2021 - Interviewed by Sarah O' Connor for the story, Cutting Pay for Remote Workers is a Risky Move, Financial Times. [Article]
Aug 10, 2021 - Interviewed by Danielle Kaye for the story, Pay Cut: Google Employees Who Work from Home Could Lose Money, Reuters. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Apr 02, 2021 - Interviewed by Whitney Kimball for the story, It Doesn’t Need to Be This Hard, Gizmodo. [Article]
Mar 20, 2021 - Research featured in Kevin J. Delaney's, What Is Work Worth?, New York Times' DealBook Newsletter. [Article]
Mar 19, 2021 - Interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for the story, Disney Faces Pay-Secrecy Complaint in Lawsuit, NPR's Marketplace. [Radio interview]
Mar 11, 2021 - Interviewed by Kim Elsesser for the story, Want Equal Pay? Get Employees Talking About Their Paychecks, Forbes. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
Jun 13, 2020 - Interviewed by Alex Gangitano for the story, Police Unions Face Lobbying Fights At All Levels of Government, The Hill. [Article]
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]
Mar 30, 2020 - Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, Coronavirus Prompts Instacart and Amazon Strikes Over Health Concerns, New York Times. [Article]
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]
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]
Feb 28, 2020 - Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, The Faces of a New Union Movement, The New Yorker. [Article]
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]
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]
Sep 17, 2019 - Quoted in David Leonhardt's column, Why I’m Rooting for the G.M. Strikers, New York Times. [Article]
Aug 26, 2019 - Caleb Crain featured my book in his article, State of the Unions, The New Yorker. [Article]
Aug 19, 2019 - Interviewed by German Lopez for the story, I Was Skeptical of Unions. Then I Joined One, Vox. [Article]
Mar 21, 2019 - Rich Yeselson discussed my research in, An Injury to All: The Past and Future of the American Strike, The Nation. [Article]
Jan 03, 2019 - Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, The Return of the Strike, American Prospect. [Article]
Oct 11, 2018 - Todd Tucker discussed my research in, Why Labor Is a Foreign Policy Issue, Vox. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Jul 19, 2018 - Interviewed by Sarah Jones for the story, A Moment of Truth for the Labor Movement, The New Republic. [Article]
Jun 28, 2018 - Interviewed by Matt Taylor for the story, A Future Without Unions Is a Terrible Dystopia, Vice. [Article]
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]
Apr 03, 2018 - Interviewed by Simon Montlake for the story, Surge in Teacher Activism Challenges GOP Austerity Mindset, Christian Science Monitor. [Article]
Feb 02, 2018 - Interviewed by John Seewer for the story, Right-To-Work Holdouts Face New Efforts to Change Labor Laws, Associated Press. [Article]
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]
Nov 07, 2017 - Interviewed by Timothy Noah for the story, Does Labor Have a Death Wish?, Politico. [Article]
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]
Sep 29, 2017 - Interviewed by Ellen Chang for the story, Target Paving Way for Higher Retail Wages, TheStreet. [Article]
Sep 10, 2017 - Interviewed by Livia Gershon for the story, Unions Aren’t Obsolete, They’re Being Crushed by Right-Wing Politics, Vice. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Aug 16, 2017 - Interviewed by Jordan Graham for the story, Labor Wins the Day in ‘Top Chef’ Verdict, Boston Herald. [Article]
Jul 17, 2017 - Interviewed by Stephanie Russell-Kraft for the story, The Aggressive Anti-Union Campaign at StoryCorps, The Nation. [Article]
Jun 04, 2017 - Amy Crawford discussed my research in, Why Everyone Should Know How Much You Earn, Boston Globe. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Aug 30, 2016 - Interviewed by Alana Semuels for the story, Fewer Unions, Lower Pay for Everybody, The Atlantic. [Article]
Aug 30, 2016 - Interviewed by Kate Gibson for the story, One Big Reason for Stagnant Wages and Rising Inequality, CBS News. [Article]
Aug 30, 2016 - Interviewed by Daniel Marans for the story, Why the Decline Of Unions Has Lowered Pay For All Workers, Huffington Post. [Article]
Aug 14, 2016 - Neil Gross discussed my book in, The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Trump, New York Times, p. SR10. [Article]
May 27, 2016 - Interviewed by Tali Arbel for the story, Verizon, Unions Reach Deal in Principle for 4-Year Contract, Associated Press. [Article]
Apr 15, 2016 - Interviewed by Laura Kusisto for the story, Construction Unions’ Grip on New York Begins to Show Cracks, Wall Street Journal. [Article]
Feb 16, 2016 - Interviewed by Rick Wartzman for the story, American Workers Try to Organize – One Click at a Time, Fortune. [Article]
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]
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]
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]
Sep 15, 2015 - Interviewed by Brian Mahoney for the story, Walker Sinks Despite Anti-Union Message, Politico. [Article]
Sep 07, 2015 - Interviewed by Jonathan Timm for the story, Can Millennials Save Unions?, The Atlantic. [Article]
Aug 23, 2015 - Interviewed by Rich Lord for the story, Wolf and SEIU Far Too ‘Cozy’ Says House GOP Caucus, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. [Article]
Mar 06, 2015 - Interviewed by Brian Mahoney for the story, Scott Walker Takes On Unions Again, Politico. [Article]
Feb 19, 2015 - Nicholas Kristof featured my book in, The Cost of a Decline in Unions, New York Times. [Article]
Feb 17, 2015 - Jane McAlevey featured my book in, We Need Syriza in Illinois, The Nation. [Article]
Feb 11, 2015 - Interviewed by Matthew Phillips for the story, American Labor-Union Strikes are Almost Completely Extinct, Quartz. [Article]
Jan 13, 2015 - John Guida featured my book in, Want to Be Happy? Join a Union, New York Times. [Article]
Nov 06, 2014 - Tina Rosenberg featured my book in, An L.A. Story: Unions Show Signs of Life, New York Times. [Article]
Oct 28, 2014 - Interviewed by Robert McClendon for the story, New Orleans’ Tourism Industry Booms but Income Inequality Remains Entrenched, The Times-Picayune. [Article]
Sep 07, 2014 - Interviewed by David Nicklaus for the story, Fast-Food Industry is a Tough Target for Unions, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. [Article]
Sep 01, 2014 - Justin Fox featured my book in, What Unions No Longer Do, Harvard Business Review. [Article]
Aug 12, 2014 - Interviewed by Deirdre Fernandes for the story, Market Basket a Rare Case in Labor World, Boston Globe, p. A1. [Article]
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]
Jul 11, 2014 - Dmitri Mehlhorn discussed my book in, Why Progressives Shouldn’t Support Public Workers Unions, The Daily Beast. [Article]
May 15, 2014 - Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, Fast Food Protests Spread Overseas, New York Times, p. B1 [Article]
Apr 30, 2014 - Interviewed by Mike Wold about What Unions No Longer Do for the article, State of the Union, Real Change News. [Article]
Apr 29, 2014 - Interviewed by Peter Nicholas for the story, Democrat in Wisconsin Steers Clear of Union Fight, Wall Street Journal, p. A4. [Article]
Apr 02, 2014 - Interviewed by Sam Seder about my book, What Unions No Longer Do, The Majority Report. [Radio interview]
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]
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]
Feb 28, 2014 - Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, UW Professor Traces Growing Income Gap To The Collapse Of Organized Labor, KPLU Radio.
Feb 20, 2014 - Interviewed by Jerry Large for the column, Decline of Unions Affects All, Seattle Times. [Article]
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]
Jan 30, 2014 - Interviewed for the story, Unions on the Decline, MSNBC's The Cycle. [Video]
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]
Jan 05, 2014 - Interviewed by Phuong Le for the story, Boeing Contract Cuts into Local Labor Influence, Associated Press.
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]
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]
Nov 15, 2013 - Interviewed by Carolyn Adolph for the story, What Boeing Machinists’ Rejection Means for Labor, KUOW Radio. [Radio interview]
Aug 29, 2013 - Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, Fast Food Workers Protest for Higher Minimum Wage, KPLU Radio. [Radio interview]
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]
Jul 24, 2013 - Research cited in, Are Shrinking Unions Making Workers Poorer?, The Atlantic. [Article]
Feb 08, 2013 - Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, Do Boeing Engineers Have Enough Leverage to Strike?, NPR's Morning Edition. [Radio interview]
May 21, 2012 - Interviewed by Jim Tankersley for the story, Power has Shifted from the Middle Class – Now What?, National Journal.