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Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.

In Britain, Seasonal Farm Laborers Toil for Subminimum-Wage Piece Rates

Since the end of free movement within the EU, Britain’s farms have relied on seasonal migrants allowed into the country for just a few months at a time. Denied almost any possibility to change jobs, their situation shows how bosses can use visa rules to blackmail a pliant workforce into swallowing the most degrading conditions.

Democratic Unions Get the Goods

A new report coauthored by labor analyst Jane McAlevey presents overwhelming evidence that democratic unionism that puts workers at the center of collective bargaining wins strong contracts. Just as important, such unionism also has a transformational effect on workers’ consciousness.