Turning perceptions around: How California’s unions changed Californians’ minds about unions

Unions have a public perception problem. Though opinion polls show the strongest favorability ratings for unions in years, those ratings – at least among those polled – have bounced up and down for decades. Worse, more than 60 years of millions of dollars spent on corporate propaganda, plus union-bashing, hysterical linkages to radicals, rampant Red-baiting, […]

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Reflections on National Apprenticeship Week

As another National Apprenticeship Week comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect upon the importance high road apprenticeship programs have on the future of the American worker.  The role of the Labor Movement has been essential in the creation and continuation of this highly important institution. Established five years ago by the […]

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