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The State Of The Unions 2025: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald Aug 2025

The State Of The Unions 2025: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

Organized labor has taken center stage in the 2020s, with workers leading successful organizing drives at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, and across a range of industries from health care to higher education. Public approval of unions has reached its highest level in decades, and a new generation of workers is stepping forward as leaders in the movement. The State of the Unions 2025 provides the most comprehensive profile of organized labor in New York City, New York State, and the United States, highlighting where unions are growing, who is leading the charge, and how labor is shaping the future of work …


The State Of The Unions 2024: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald Aug 2024

The State Of The Unions 2024: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

This report released by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, State of the Unions 2024: A Profile of Organized Labor in New York City, New York State, and the United States, is a part of an annual publication series, documents recent trends in unionization patterns. The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies’ latest annual report on unionization patterns shows that private-sector union organizing efforts continued to increase across the country over the last year. The report documents that growth in union election petitions since 2020 has reversed a decade of decline, reaching a level not seen since …


The State Of The Unions 2023: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald Aug 2023

The State Of The Unions 2023: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

This report released by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, State of the Unions 2023: A Profile of Organized Labor in New York City, New York State, and the United States, is a part of an annual publication series, documents recent trends in unionization patterns. The overall level of unionization in both the City and State has been roughly double the national rate over the past two decades. But recently, union density has fallen more in New York City and New York State than in the United States as a whole. In the mid-2010s, both the City and …


The Language Of Legal Violence: The State’S Role In Silencing Capitalist Dissent, 1877-1915, Jaclene Paolucci May 2023

The Language Of Legal Violence: The State’S Role In Silencing Capitalist Dissent, 1877-1915, Jaclene Paolucci

Theses and Dissertations

From the 1870s to the eve of World War I, the United States government enacted a violent and repressive campaign against labor activists and political radicals to protect capitalist interests. The growing alliance between employers and the government threatened American democratic traditions and turned those who challenged the capitalist system into potential enemies of the state.


“Did Emmett Till Die In Vain? Organized Labor Says No!”: The United Packinghouse Workers And Civil Rights Unionism In The Mid-1950s, Matthew Nichter May 2021

“Did Emmett Till Die In Vain? Organized Labor Says No!”: The United Packinghouse Workers And Civil Rights Unionism In The Mid-1950s, Matthew Nichter

Faculty Publications

Emmett Till’s mangled face is seared into our collective memory, a tragic epitome of the brutal violence that upheld white supremacy in the Jim Crow South. But Till's murder was more than just a tragedy: it also inspired an outpouring of determined protest, in which labor unions played a prominent role. The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) campaigned energetically on behalf of Emmett Till, from the stockyards of Chicago to the sugar refineries of Louisiana. Packinghouse workers petitioned, marched, and rallied to demand justice; the UPWA organized the first mass meeting addressed by Till’s mother, Mamie Bradley; and an …


Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 816. This collection “Mining and The Company Store,” describes essential phases of mining coal and the companies miners worked for in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. The narrative is in an interview format and illustrated with photos; a small portion of the narrative features information about company stores. This information was collected by Western KentuckyUniversity student John Chapman, for credit in a folklore class.


“...When We Fight Back”: Attempting Social Reconstructions Of The Great Industrial Class War In The United States From 1870-1930, Daniel Park Jan 2015

“...When We Fight Back”: Attempting Social Reconstructions Of The Great Industrial Class War In The United States From 1870-1930, Daniel Park

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………2

II. Bibliography…………………………………..29

III. Textbook Critique…………………………….30

IV. Primary Documents and Headnotes……….37


Class Culture And Generational Change: Immigrant Families In Two Connecticut Industrial Cities During The 1930s, Ivan Greenberg Jan 1990

Class Culture And Generational Change: Immigrant Families In Two Connecticut Industrial Cities During The 1930s, Ivan Greenberg

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Recent social history stresses the autonomy of workers, especially the ways that immigrant families made "lives of their own." However, little attention is focused on the particular experiences of the second generation and the ways they forged their own group identity. This study, by locating the emergence of this generation, highlights an important demographic change within the working class.

Familiar developments of the 1930s take on new meaning. For example, the pivotal role of the second generation in the rise of the CIO helps to recast the early history of industrial unionism. The resurgence of the labor movement parallels the …


A History Of The Hampton Roads Longshoreman's Association, Esther Levinson Jul 1968

A History Of The Hampton Roads Longshoreman's Association, Esther Levinson

History Theses & Dissertations

Abstract unavailable.


The Decline Of The Labor Movement, And What Can Be Done About It, Solomon Barkin Jan 1961

The Decline Of The Labor Movement, And What Can Be Done About It, Solomon Barkin

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Unionism: Fraudulent Or Genuine?, Nathan Karp Jan 1958

Unionism: Fraudulent Or Genuine?, Nathan Karp

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Trade Union Problems, Farrell Dobbs Jan 1941

Trade Union Problems, Farrell Dobbs

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Anti-Labor Activities In The United States, David J. Saposs Jan 1938

Anti-Labor Activities In The United States, David J. Saposs

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


The Fate Of Trade Unions Under Fascism, Francis J. Gorman Jan 1937

The Fate Of Trade Unions Under Fascism, Francis J. Gorman

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


European Trade Unionism And Politics, Franz Leopold Neumann Jan 1936

European Trade Unionism And Politics, Franz Leopold Neumann

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


European Trade Unionism And Politics, Franz Leopold Neumann Jan 1936

European Trade Unionism And Politics, Franz Leopold Neumann

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Marx And America, Bertram David Wolfe Jan 1934

Marx And America, Bertram David Wolfe

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Communism And Syndicalism: On The Trade-Union Question, Leon Trotsky Jan 1931

Communism And Syndicalism: On The Trade-Union Question, Leon Trotsky

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Thework Of The Communist Parties Of France And Germany: And The Tasks Of The Communists In The Trade Union Movement, O. Piatnitski Jan 1930

Thework Of The Communist Parties Of France And Germany: And The Tasks Of The Communists In The Trade Union Movement, O. Piatnitski

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


World Labor Unity, Scott Nearing Jan 1926

World Labor Unity, Scott Nearing

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Strike Strategy, William Z. Foster Jan 1926

Strike Strategy, William Z. Foster

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


The British Labour Movement: A Syllabus For Study Classes, George D. H. Cole Jan 1924

The British Labour Movement: A Syllabus For Study Classes, George D. H. Cole

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Resolutions And Decisions, Red International Of Labor Unions Congress (3rd : 1924 :Moscow, Russia) Jan 1924

Resolutions And Decisions, Red International Of Labor Unions Congress (3rd : 1924 :Moscow, Russia)

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


The World's Trade Union Movement, A. Lozovskia Jan 1924

The World's Trade Union Movement, A. Lozovskia

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


The Bankruptcy Of The American Labor Movement, William Z. Foster Jan 1922

The Bankruptcy Of The American Labor Movement, William Z. Foster

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Chartism And The "Trades Union", Raymond Postgate Jan 1922

Chartism And The "Trades Union", Raymond Postgate

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Resolutions And Decisions Of The First International Congress Of Revolutionary Trade And Industrial Unions, Red International Of Labor Unions (1st Congress : 1921 : Moscow) Jan 1921

Resolutions And Decisions Of The First International Congress Of Revolutionary Trade And Industrial Unions, Red International Of Labor Unions (1st Congress : 1921 : Moscow)

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.


Industrial Unionism: Also, An Address On The Same Subject Delivered At Grand Central Palace, New York, Sunday, Dec. 10, 1905, Daniel De Leon Jan 1919

Industrial Unionism: Also, An Address On The Same Subject Delivered At Grand Central Palace, New York, Sunday, Dec. 10, 1905, Daniel De Leon

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.