
The Pitiful Penalties for Violating Labor Law A new report details how companies face few consequences for stealing wages, employing children, and obstructing union organizing.
The Center for Working-Class Studies (CWCS) at Youngstown State University is dedicated to the study of work and class, and to advocacy against inequity.
The Pitiful Penalties for Violating Labor Law A new report details how companies face few consequences for stealing wages, employing children, and obstructing union organizing.
Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation' With demand for jobs like HVAC technicians, electricians and wind turbine installers, enrollment is ticking up at vocational schools as four-year college costs continue to soar.
The deep inequity of the anti-college movement I immigrated from Mexicali, Mexico, when I was 10 years old, the child of farm laborers. I was still learning English when my high school teachers advised me to forgo any college dreams. But …
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Dr. Donna DeBlasio, Professor Emerita of History along with her students developed an exhibit as a class project for History 6956, Museum Curation and Interpretation at Youngstown State University. The students conducted research, sought out graphics and objects, wrote the script, and installed the final product. The exhibit opened in February 2023 located at the "Steel Museum", a site of Ohio History Connection and will remain up until May 2025. Come in to see the full exhibit and learn about Youngstown's cultural history.
What a legendary historian tells us about the contempt for today’s working class | Kenan Malik A century after his birth, EP Thompson’s empathy with those facing scorn and condescension is more relevant than ever
After East Palestine, the big railroads made commitments to improve safety & prevent future derailments. Instead, they continue to lobby against stronger safety rules.
To Big Rail, derailments are just a cost of doing business. That's why we need our bipartisan rail safety bill.
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There were nearly 400 strikes in 2023, and experts think there's more to come: 'Nothing succeeds like success' Unionized workers went on hundreds of strikes this year to great effect. Labor experts believe strikes will continue in the coming years.
Why Labor Unions Should Join the Housing Fight Every union has reason to address the high cost of housing, which diverts wage raises into profits for landlords, acts as a structural constraint on labor actions, and generally makes life worse for…
Representative Gayle Manning has always stood with labor, and it’s more important than ever that she votes No on Senate Bill 83. Call Rep. Manning at 614-644-5076 and tell her to stand with working Ohioans, just like we have stood with her.
‘We can’t let Tesla get away with this’: why Swedish unions are fighting Elon Musk Billionaire is against the labour movement, and workers believe their country’s traditions are under threat
‘It should never have happened’: death of boy, 16, at sawmill highlights rise of child labour in US Michael Schuls died after getting trapped in dangerous machinery at a mill in Wisconsin. But across the US conservative groups are pushing to loosen laws that protect children in the workplace
8 portraits that capture the working class of Monterrey, Mexico, through its cantinas Photographer Daniel Ramos captures the working class of Monterrey, Mexico, in a series of portraits he says let his subjects "portray themselves as they actually wanted to be seen."
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Auto industry recovery has favoured investors and bosses over workers Carmakers return almost $85bn to shareholders and raise CEO pay but production line wages fall in real terms
The Center for Working Class Studies (CWCS) is the US birthplace of the interdisciplinary field and began as part of a national project on diversity in higher education sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities in 1995. CWCS is a resource for the study of work, class, and its intersections with race, gender, sexuality, and other identities. CWCS advocates for worker rights and social equity and is committed to raising awareness and supporting actions for a more just society.
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