With Labor Power Will Come Labor Responsibility
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
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A Q&A With Oren Cass
American Compass’s Oren Cass talks with WorkRise’s Elisabeth Jacobs about the current economic crisis, the ways society has come to devalue certain kinds of labor, and the need for alternative pathways to the workforce.
Q&A with Freelancers Union Founder Sara Horowitz
Labor law has failed to evolve alongside a changing labor market. Some labor leaders have been moving ahead anyway.
Would Sectoral Bargaining Provide a Better Framework for American Labor Law?
Labor leader David Rolf and American Compass’s Oren Cass discuss the potential for sectoral bargaining in America.
Labor for the Future
This is one of those half-baked blog posts that are the point of a blog but increasingly rare; after all, in the digital era everything seems to just get slicker and more centralized. There are only three sites to post to and you have to be on, and casual-Friday professional, you know?, for your brand. If you want to spitball you can just tweet. Anyway.
Sectoral Bargaining’s Promise and Peril
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
The Wagner Act’s Original Sin
Would sectoral bargaining provide a better framework for American labor law?
The Once and Future American Labor Law
American labor law has become worse than useless: a lower share of the private-sector labor force is organized today than before the National Labor Relations Act was passed in 1935. The time has come for an entirely new model.
The Conservative Case for Unions & the Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party
American Compass’s Oren Cass joins The Realignment to discuss how the GOP can reconcile with organized labor and how the left and right should rethink their approach to economics.
A Conservative Future for the Labor Movement?
Robert Verbruggen comments on the labor reforms suggested in American Compass’s “Conservatives Should Ensure Workers a Seat at the Table” statement.
Workers Are People, Not Widgets
Meet Alex and Lance, two blue-collar workers in southwestern Ohio. One had union representation as he sought a foothold in the labor market; the other did not. Their lives remind us that there is still power in a union.
The Unlikeliest of Unions: Conservatives Look to Make Allies in the Labour Movement
American Compass’s work on the labor movement and a broader restoration of conservative economics receives coverage north of the border.
Labor’s Conservative Heart
The trade union is a quintessentially Tocquevillian institution and the one that brought down Soviet communism. Conservatives must rescue the American labor movement from Big Labor’s partisanship and restore its community-building purpose.
Conservatives for Labor
The NYT’s Morning Newsletter features the release of American Compass’s joint statement on conservatives ensuring workers a seat at the table.
The Conservative Case for Organized Labor
Eric Levitz interviews American Compass’s Oren Cass about his vision for a pro-worker conservatism.
Labor Market, Labor Code—Or Labor Bazaar?
If we do not want to allow a free labor market to set wages, then the only alternative is for the government to directly fix prices—in this case, the prices that employers are to pay workers for particular jobs—by means of a compulsory, rigid and universal government labor code.
The Quest for Community on Labor Day
In its latest public statement, American Compass affirms the enduring importance of organized labor and the need for conservatives to have a stake in its future. It challenges a right-of-center accustomed to dismiss unions to instead reconsider their role in our common life as well as the deeper costs of their absence.
Statement on Labor From Prominent Conservatives: “Strong Worker Representation Can Make America Stronger”
PRESS RELEASE—American Compass’s September collection explores the conservative case for organized labor.
New Think Tank Looks to Counter Establishment’s Influence in Policy-Making Circles
American Compass’s Oren Cass joins Steve Hilton to announce a new project on a conservative future for the American labor movement.
Conservatives Should Ensure Workers a Seat at the Table
Statement on a conservative future for the American labor movement.
