October 12, 1990 By Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher It’s been a great deal for employers. Since 1973, real weekly wages have fallen by 15 percent, and to compensate, American families today are working between one and two days a week more, just to maintain the same family incomes they had in 1973…. Read More »
UNCONTROLLED GROWTH THREATEN CONNECTICUT’S WOODED HILLSIDES
February 12, 1989 I live in a small town nestled in the hills of northwestern Connecticut. Thousands of people come here from around the world to canoe on the Housatonic River, walk in the Cathedral Pines, hunt and fish in the Housatonic Meadows State Park or just take in the beauty of the autumn… Read More »
CRISIS ECONOMY: BORN AGAIN LABOR MOVEMENT?
March 12, 1984 The U.S. economy is going through a transformation that is fundamentally altering the situation of American working people. It is removing the majority of workers from relatively secure job structures and thrusting them into a semi-casualized labor market. It is destroying the existing bases of power for both union and non-union… Read More »
BRASS VALLEY
December 1, 1982 “Absolutely wonderful — the best single book on working class history in the U.S. we now have.” —George Rawick, University of Missouri. “An excellent study of the brass workers of the Naugatuck Valley… weaves the views of participants and charts, statistics, and excellent photographs into a rich narrative. Recommended.” —Library Journal. Click… Read More »