Josh Hawley and the Republican Effort to Love Labor
The senator, like Vice-President J. D. Vance, appears to be positioning himself as Trump’s heir, a right-wing populist who can appeal to working-class voters in the MAGA base.
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PRO-Tip: Only Some Labor Reforms Are Pro-Worker
PRO Act provisions supported by the working class have broad bipartisan appeal.
Will Democrats save Trump’s Labor nominee?
Lori Chavez-DeRemer may need support from the other side.
‘The Realignment’: GOP Sen. Hawley To Introduce Pro-Union Legislation
Breaking from decades of Republican orthodoxy, Sen. Josh Hawley introduces pro-union legislation.
Can Trump bring unions into the GOP fold? His labor nominee presents a major test
Secretary of Labor-designate Lori Chavez-DeRemer presents a major test for the realignment.
The Rise of the Pro-Worker Republican
Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor puts meat on the bones for a working-class GOP
Why Trump Allies Say Immigration Hurts American Workers
JD Vance and others on the “new right” say limiting immigration will raise wages and give jobs to sidelined Americans. Many studies suggest otherwise.
U.S. Union Members And Leaders Are Not Always On The Same Page
The data behind the Teamsters’ refusal to endorse a candidate may be more widespread than we think
U.K.’s Labour Party Gets Learning Right
What U.S. leaders can learn about promoting opportunity pluralism
To Honor Labor, Rethink Unions
A former labor and business leader describes a better future for organized labor
Is The U.S. Workforce Prepared to Reindustrialize?
Effective industrial policy will require changes to business as usual
Workers Deserve Real Power. Unions Aren’t the Best Way to Get It.
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, six labor leaders took the stage to endorse the party’s nominee. “Kamala Harris will keep fighting for workers,” promised the general president of Read more…
Rebuilding Worker Power
Nearly every major Western intellectual tradition until the market fundamentalism of the late 20th centuryunderstood the importance of organized labor to the well-being of workers and a well-functioning marketeconomy. An Read more…
Can the G.O.P. Really Become the Party of Workers?
The most surprising moment of this year’s Republican National Convention may have come on its first night, when the president of the Teamsters railed in prime time against corporate elites Read more…
American Shuntō
Japanese lessons on the limits of symbolic outreach to labor.
Open Borders Economists Have Gone Awfully Quiet About Wages
The pretextual arguments have always been political—not economic.
Table Stakes
The key policy commitments that citizens should expect from any leader serious about tackling each challenge
Freedom from Economic Fear
Defending the American economy against an economic-liberty killer: fear.
Surprising Consensus on the Productivity Problem
A new AEI paper reaches the same conclusion as American Compass: Rising inequality for American workers is a problem.
Oren Cass & Steve Moore Debate Immigration and Wages
Oren Cass and the Heritage Foundation’s Steve Moore debate immigration and wages at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s American Economic Forum.
