Rigorous and Candid Analysis of Labor and Work in the U.S. Economy

WorkingUSA

Edited by:
Immanuel Ness

WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society is a peer-review cross-disciplinary social science quarterly journal intended for a broad exploration of the economic, political, and social dimensions of work and labor throughout the world. The journal publishes articles directed to an open and critical analysis of the global and U.S. labor movements, organizations, and the working class. The journal editors see a strong and robust labor movement as a force that is central to the immediate and long term social, economic, and political interests of the working class. The journal endeavors to promote thoughtful and penetrating analysis of the historical, contemporary, and future prospects of workers that advanced beyond the narrow goals of individuals.

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The United States Budget on Working People
The Success of Living Wage Campaigns
Central Labor Councils and Community Labor Coalitions
Labor and the Consolidation of the Media Industry
Labor and Corporate Investment

Writers for WorkingUSA include: John Amman, Heather Boushey, Ellen Dannin, Richard Freeman, Juan Gonzalez, Richard Hurd, Staughton Lynd, Manning Marable, Jack Metzger, Frances Fox Piven, David Reynolds, Joel Rogers, Max Sawicky, Sean Sweeney

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Like no other journal, in article after article, WorkingUSA explores the promises and pitfalls of a revised labor movement. In other words, a journal about the most important development in politics.
Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Graduate Center

Working USA is a quality and academically rigorous peer-review labor journal that critically examines the interconnection of race, class, and gender. In this age of labor magazines, a working-class-focused scholarly journal is essential reading and information for scholars of social change.
Gerald Horne, University of Houston