Steven L. Willborn (Nebraska): Labor Law and the Race to the Bottom. From The American Prospect, a special section on the state of work in the age of anxiety, including Harold Meyerson on the 40-year slump; and have we reached a stage at which technology is destroying more jobs than it's creating? Rick Wartzman wonders. Kevin Drum on why technology is going to destroy the middle class. From The Monkey Cage, John S. Ahlquist and Margaret Levi on the decline of union membership and what it means for politics; and what are the implications of the AFL-CIO’s expanding membership criteria? Alec MacGillis on a rare win for organized labor — just don't talk about it. Anny Lowrey on how long-term joblessness is now one of the defining realities of the American work force. Mike Konczal on the tea party’s assault on workers: It is the tea party's impact at the state level that will probably be with us the longest. Derek Thompson on how the workforce is even more divided by race than you think. Organized labor is in trouble — Damon Silvers is supposed to think of a way out. Beyond fast food strikes: Trish Kahle on why the Left shouldn’t write off low-wage strikes. Stephen Gandel on why Wal-Mart can afford to give its workers a 50% raise. Barry Ritholtz on how McDonald's and Wal-Mart became welfare queens. Lisa Graves on Corporate America’s new scam: Industry P.R. firm poses as think tank Employment Policies Institute.
