Articles and books
Dr. Jim’s Labor Pulse Articles
MAY 2019: As Uber Goes, So Goes the Nation
JULY 2019: Bucking Historical Trends, Organizing Increases as American Higher Education Experiences Contraction
AUGUST 2019: Should American Organized Labor Support a Universal Basic Income?
SEPTEMBER 2019: America’s World-Champion Women’s Soccer Team Seems Headed from the Field to the Court
OCTOBER 2019: UAW Strike at General Motors Highlights the Complexity of Labor Relations as a National Election Looms
NOVEMBER 2019: Digital News Is Going Union. How Big a Deal Is This?
DECEMBER 2019: An Inside Look at a Local Union President’s Outlook
JANUARY 2020: Sometimes a Cigar Isn’t Just a Cigar
FEBRUARY 2020: ‘I Coulda’ Been a Contender’
MARCH 2020: How Will Organized Labor Respond as the Coronavirus Pandemic Gains Momentum?
APRIL 2020: Is the Present Pandemic the Gig Worker’s Greatest Opportunity?
MAY 2020 Make Way for the Millennials… Or Should We?
JUNE 2020 The Death of George Floyd and Organized Labor’s MIxed History on Race Relations
JULY 2020 Teacher and Police Unions are on a Collision Course in Our Public Schools —- Why?
AUGUST 2020 Can Organized Labor Find Room in Its Tent for Both Sides on Climate Change?
SEPTEMBER 2020 From Catholics to Quakers, Organized Religion Lauds Organized Labor… from Afar
OCTOBER 2020 Is Next Month’s Election Organized Labor’s Last Chance?
NOVEMBER 2020 Would a General Strike Be Possible in the United States?
DECEMBER 2020 What Biden and Organized Labor Must Do to Bite into Trump’s Base
JANUARY 2021 If 2020 Is the New Normal, Journalists Need a Labor Union More Than Ever
FEBRUARY 2021 Teacher Unions and School Districts Are Riding on the Horns of a COVID-19 Dilemma
MARCH 2021 A glimpse at union organizing and negotiating in a virtual world … a glimpse at the new normal?
APRIL 2021 Context of Bessemer’s Loss Bodes Ill for Organized Labor
May 2021 My University and My Union May Be on an Existential Post-Pandemic Collision Course
June 2021 The Alabama Coal Strike: Last Dance of a Dying Industry?
July 2021 In the Rough and Tumble World of Union Organizing, It’s Managemaent 1, Union 1 So far This Summer
August 2021 Waitstaff and Fast-Food Workers Enjoy a Window of Leverage, But Will That Window Stay Open
SEPTEMBER 2021 A constitutional confrontation looms on the COVID-19 front line. Where should organized labor be in the melee?
October 2021 A Glimpse Inside One Union’s Experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic
November 2021 Rethinking Private-Sector Unionism’s Road in 2022
December 2021 Free Community College? Lessons from Labor’s Experience
January 2022 The Eyes of America Will Be on the ILWU This Month. Try Not to Blink.
FEBRUARY 2022 What’s Happening at Starbucks and What Does It Mean?
MARCH 2022 The Fight to Halt the “Driving Down of Work”
April 2022 Are “Green” Jobs the Answer to Everything?
May 2022 Will Organized Labor Write the Next Chapter in Legal Abortion’s Story?
June 2022 Return to the Office is a Hot Issue for Organized Labor
July 2022 What Liz Shuler Can Learn from Mother Jones
August 2022 Is America on the Road to Corporatism?
September 2022 California Strippers’ Unionization Effort: On Track for Success?
October 2022 Whac-A-Mole is the New Name of the Game in Union Organizing
November 2022 Is Starbucks organized labor’s White Whale
December 2022 Ho, Ho, Ho… Uncle Sam Nixed a Railroad Strike Just Before Christmas
January 2023 What at-will employment and tipping have in common —- and why organized labor should care
February 2023 Florida’s Largest Union is in the Governor’s Crosshairs
March 2023 Good news for organized labor: ChatGPT wants to join SEIU
April 2023 Labor Pulse’s Fourth Anniversary ans a Strike at Rutgers: What Have We Learned?
May 2023 Hollywood’s Script Writers v. ChatGPT: Is No Occupation Safe Anymore?
June 2023 Is Glacier Northwest the Fruit of the NLRB’s Past Poor Performance?
July 2023 “Once More Into the Breach!” Unions and Affirmative Action
August 2023 Will Artificial Intelligence Create a New Level of Worker Solidarity?
Sept 2023 The New President of the UAW Wants to ‘Move the Mountain’
October 2023 Biden and Big Labor: Waltzing on the New Border Wall
November 2023 Organized Labor Has a Lot to be Thankful for This Year: Unpacking the Big Settlements
December 2023 Will Organized Labor’s Early Christmas Presents Be the Gifts that Keep on Giving?
January 2024 Confessions of a Union Buster
February 2024 The New Emblem of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Should Be Ouroboros
March 2024 Can Organized Labor Avoid Extinction?
April 2024 The Decline of Organized Labor and the Rise of the Radical Right
