Tag: Sociology of work

  • Civil Workers, Uncivil Problem: The 1934 Civil Works Administration Strike in Utica, New York

    The history of the labor movement in the Mohawk Valley is an extremely rich yet untapped field. This is not to say that there’s no labor historiography of the region, but it seems lacking compared to other areas of New York. Utica itself has experienced or been adjacently involved with a number of strikes since […]

  • How Donald Trump Worked to Destroy America’s Labor Unions

    How Donald Trump Worked to Destroy America’s Labor Unions

    Although Donald Trump has been eager to garner support from American labor unions for his re- election campaign, there are lots of reasons he’s not going to get it.  Chief among them is his record in sabotaging the nation’s labor movement. During his decades as a wealthy businessman, Trump clashed with unions repeatedly.  And, upon […]

  • Donald Trump’s Assault on the Wages of American Workers

    Although Donald Trump, as president, proclaimed in his 2020 State of the Union address that he had produced a “blue-collar boom” in workers’ wages, the reality was quite different.  Using his control of the executive branch of the U.S. government, Trump repeatedly undermined the wages of American workers by blocking raises and imposing wage reductions. […]

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