List of Labor Policy articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden, center, is welcomed by United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, left, and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, second from left, on arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan. A President on the Picket Line?
Why Biden’s solidarity with autoworkers is globally unprecedented.
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A woman wearing a pink and green sari steps down from the front step of a house and onto an unpaid road. Behind her, a young boy stands in the doorway and stretches his arms out toward her. Another woman holds a baby deeper inside the house. India’s Public Health Depends on Private Exploitation
A celebrated health program relies on the labor of mistreated women.
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Striking Hollywood writers hold signs while picketing in front of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The signs say: "Writers Guild on strike! DGA in solidarity" and "Pay the writers, you AI-holes!" and "Just look at what happened to the music industry." Adam Tooze: The Shifting Economics of Hollywood
Changes in technology and antitrust laws are driving the strike by writers and actors.
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French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with the leaders of various French unions and employers’ associations after he signed into law a pension reform that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on April 18. How Macron Can Save His Presidency
The French president is bound to provoke outrage if he continues to govern like a king.
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A protester holds a placard with the number 64 crossed out with an X. The Ugly Paradox Behind the West’s Demographic Problems
France’s pension reforms, Italy’s elder care robots, and Arkansas’s child labor all have one thing in common: a fear of immigration.
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People protest French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan. France’s Labor Pains
Despite more than a month of paralyzing strikes, France’s unions are bleeding members, influence, and prestige.
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Employees work on the production line at a Volkswagen plant in Urumqi, China. Forced Uyghur Labor Probably Helped Build Your Car
A new report ties auto manufacturing to Xinjiang’s genocide. Will consumers—and Western countries—care?
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A tailoring workshop in Lome, Togo in September 2016. To Tackle Poverty in Africa, Provide Job Training for Teenage Girls
Skills training programs must target those under age 18 to reduce adolescent birth rates and unemployment.
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A view of the 974 Stadium, built out of shipping containers, which will host matches during the World Cup, in the Ras Abu Aboud district of the Qatari capital Doha on Oct. 20. Don’t Ignore Qatar’s Progress on Labor
Critics of the World Cup host nation overlook the reforms the government has undertaken.
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Visitors take photos of the 2022 FIFA World Cup countdown clock in Doha, Qatar, on Oct. 30. World Cup Shows Need to Crack Down on Kim’s Labor Exploitation
Shipping workers abroad helps the North Korean leader evade sanctions and finance his nuclear weapons.
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People take part in a mass demonstration against the government in Tehran, Iran, in 1979. Why Won’t the Workers of Iran Unite?
Unlike in 1979, much of the Iranian working class is precariously employed—and they have more to lose than their chains by joining the protests.
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Taboubi and other leaders sit at a conference table in front of the Tunisian flag Tunisia’s Powerful Labor Union Is Thwarting President Saied’s Ambitions
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) is the one body with enough power to derail Saied’s plans.
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An immigrant holds a “Nobody Is Illegal” placard at a demonstration in Praça do Comércio in Lisbon on July 11, 2021. How Portugal Quietly Became a Migration Hub
The country has a hot labor market and offers a path to EU citizenship for undocumented workers.
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A dockworker walks along the port of Berdyansk. Dockworkers Worldwide Are Trying to Stop Russia’s War
Manual laborers keep the world moving—and can slow it down.
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Auto workers in Mexico Decades Late, NAFTA’s Promise on Workers’ Rights Comes Good
In Mexico, a breakthrough trade case involving General Motors could become a global model.
