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Stevenson on Taft-Hartley Act and dock workers strike

Oct 7, 2024 Planet Money
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, explained the Taft-Hartley Act which took some powers away from unions in 1947, and why dock workers are sill mad about it today. Stevenson said the dock workers are "like a linchpin to the whole...
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Stevenson predicts continued labor strife in an uncertain market

Sep 22, 2023
As the U.S. endures the UAW, Writers’ Guild, and Screen Actors strikes, among others, Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson says the country may endure more labor upheaval. Once the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, she attr...
Betsey Stevenson
State & Hill

Here to serve

Jun 10, 2021
By Daniel Rivkin Checking in on the federal civilian workforce"Big government” has been a target for some conservative politicians for decades. That complaint shifted in tenor and action when the Trump administration took office. The federal civilian...
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Beyond Silos: An Inter-Institutional Framework for Understanding Poverty and Advancing Social Change

Oct 16, 2026, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work B780 (basement)
Kess Ballentine, assistant professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work and a research affiliate with Labor@Wayne, will present on her community-engaged research, which examines how labor policy and working conditions shape the well-being of low-wage workers and their families.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series. "Beyond Silos: An Inter-Institutional Framework for Understanding Poverty and Advancing Social Change" by Kess Ballentine, Wayne State University. Oct. 16 at noon in SSW B780.