Unions

Suresh Naidu, a Stone Center Affiliated Scholar and a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University, discusses who is currently benefiting the most from the union premium, the data challenges in historical research on unions and how he overcame them, and the significant barriers U.S. workers still face in forming a union.

Join us for a preview of the new film Americonned, about the effects of income inequality in America and the impact on American workers. A post-screening discussion will feature director Sean Claffey, labor organizers Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer, and Janet Gornick, Director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.

In this post, Stone Center Scholar Leslie McCall reflects on a recent panel, Building Political Alliances Across Race and Class, hosted by the Stone Center and the Graduate Center.

A new study by Stockholm University’s Arvid Lindh and the Stone Center’s Leslie McCall reveals preferences among Americans for policies that reduce pay inequality within major U.S. corporations — which in turn challenges assumptions about support for free markets.

A panel discussion of how diverse coalitions across race and class can bring about much needed change to our political system, institutions, and social policies. Introduction by Leslie McCall.

In this post, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Alexander Hertel-Fernandez analyzes the history of the U.S. labor movement. The text was originally published as a book chapter in The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power.

C. Bartels, F. Kersting, and N. Wolf. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 32. 2021.

In this research spotlight, a study by Evelyne Huber, Bilyana Petrova, and John D. Stephens shows how labor can limit the effects of the financial sector.

In this presentation, Ruth Milkman offers an overview of inequality as it relates to the U.S. labor movement.

Event: A panel of experts examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker.