organized labor
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The coordinated teachers campaign in California takes a page from organized labor in other industries, including autos and hotels, said Rebecca Givan, an associate professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
He has supported higher wages for low-income workers in the city and has close ties to organized labor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
In 2020 American Compass defended organized labor as a means for combating big government, writing: “We prefer the private ordering of bargains between workers and management to overbearing dictates from Washington.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
Four candidates made brief appearances before the party’s powerful organized labor caucus, trying to make the case that they would be the best choice for the state’s more than 2.4 million union members.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025
In the city’s richest clubs, industrialists gathered to toast the fact that Carter Henry Harrison, whom they viewed as overly sympathetic to organized labor, had lost to Hempstead Washburne, a Republican.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
