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.
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.
PRO Act provisions supported by the working class have broad bipartisan appeal.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer may need support from the other side.
Breaking from decades of Republican orthodoxy, Sen. Josh Hawley introduces pro-union legislation.
Secretary of Labor-designate Lori Chavez-DeRemer presents a major test for the realignment.
Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor puts meat on the bones for a working-class GOP
JD Vance and others on the “new right” say limiting immigration will raise wages and give jobs to sidelined Americans. Many studies suggest otherwise.
The data behind the Teamsters’ refusal to endorse a candidate may be more widespread than we think
What U.S. leaders can learn about promoting opportunity pluralism
A former labor and business leader describes a better future for organized labor
Effective industrial policy will require changes to business as usual
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…
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…
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…
Japanese lessons on the limits of symbolic outreach to labor.
The pretextual arguments have always been political—not economic.
The key policy commitments that citizens should expect from any leader serious about tackling each challenge
Defending the American economy against an economic-liberty killer: fear.
A new AEI paper reaches the same conclusion as American Compass: Rising inequality for American workers is a problem.
Oren Cass and the Heritage Foundation’s Steve Moore debate immigration and wages at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s American Economic Forum.
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