New Writing on Labor and American Politics

That is the subject of the latest issue of The Forum, which should be ungated here (although you may need to register).  Here’s the line-up:

• Nick Salvatore, “A Brief Ascendency: American Labor After 1945.”

• Fred Siegel, “The Most Powerful Political Force in the Country.”

• Peter Francia, “Do Unions Still Matter in U.S. Elections? Assessing Labor’s Political Power and Significance.”

• Terry Moe, “Teachers Unions and American Education Reform: The Politics of Blocking.”

• Martin West, Michael Henderson, and Paul Peterson, “The Education Iron Triangle.”

• Janice Fine and Daniel Tichenor, “Solidarities and Restrictions: Labor and Immigration Policy in the United States.”

• John Ahlquist, “Public Sector Unions Need the Private Sector or Why the Wisconsin Protests Were Not Labor’s Lazarus Moment.”

• Chris Rhomberg, “The Return of Judicial Repression: What Has Happened to the Strike?”

• David Weil, “‘Broken Windows,’ Vulnerable Workers, and the Future of Worker Representation.”

• Graham Wilson, “American Unions in Comparative Perspective.”