Selected media contributions

Interviewed by Annika Merrilees for the story, "Workers are Trying to Unionize in Greater Numbers than Expected in the Midwest." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 5, 2023.

Stephane Lauer featured my research in "For Decades, the American Public has Accepted the Decline of Unions. This is no Longer the Case." Le Monde, September 4, 2023.

Interviewed by Ryleigh Hindle for the story, "'Empowered to Fight': Workers Unionize Amid Window of Opportunity for Labor." Missouri Business Alert, September 3, 2023.

Interviewed by Alan Greenblatt for the story, "How Public Employees Learned to Stop Worrying and Love to Strike." Governing, August 21, 2023.

Published (w/ Michael M. Oswalt and Patrick Denice) "The Law Vs. Salary Secrecy." Business Insider, May 25, 2023.

Interviewed by Stephanie Hughes for the story, "How a Tight Labor Market Has Made Way for Educators to Strike." NPR's Marketplace, March 22, 2023.

Interviewed by David Nicklaus for the story, "Noncompete Clauses are Anti-Innovation, and Definitely Anti-Worker." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 30, 2023.

Interviewed by Annika Merrilees for the story, "More Workers are Trying to Unionize in St. Louis. A Shift in the Tide for Labor?" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 30, 2023.

Interviewed by Aki Ito for the story, "How I Broke the Last Taboo," Business Insider, January 16, 2023.

Published "The Great Resignation Turned Out to be a Huge Bust." Business Insider, October 31, 2022.

Interviewed by Josh Boak for the story, "Biden, Dems See Both Political, Economic Wins in Rail Deal." Associated Press, September 15, 2022.

Published (with Todd Greene, Ioana Marinescu, and Elisabeth Jacobs) "Here's How to Make It Easier for Workers to Find Better Jobs." CNN Perspectives, September 14, 2022.

Interviewed by Cloey Callahan for the story, "Workers Say They're Willing to Take a Pay Cut to Stay Remote." Worklife, September 6, 2022.

Published "Why Labor Unions Are More Popular Than They've Been in Six Decades." Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog, September 5, 2022.

Interviewed by Meghna Chakrabarti for the story, "The Wage Myths of the Modern Economy." WBUR Public Radio's On Point, August 18, 2022.

Interviewed by Noah Bierman for the story, "Labor Unions Are Hot, But Their Moment May Not Last." Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2022.

Interviewed by Matthew Boyle for the story, "Compensation is Becoming an Even Bigger Headache in the Remote-Work Era." Bloomberg Businessweek, May 20, 2022.

Interviewed by Sarah Fenske for the story, "As 5 St. Louis Starbucks Crews Take Steps to Unionize, Experts See New Hope for Labor."  St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis On the Air, April 12, 2022.

Interviewed by Lisa Bonos for the story, "The Return-to-Office Perk Your Boss Won't Mention: Gossip is Back On." Washington Post, April 8, 2022.

Interviewed by Sarah Todd for the story, "Will High Inflation Lead to Bigger Pay Increases?" Quartz, March 28, 2022.

Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, "Mandatory Meetings Reveal Amazon's Approach to Resisting Unions." New York Times, March 24, 2022.

Featured on the Wall Street Journal podcast "As We Work." March 15, 2022.

John Oliver featured my research on his program "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." November 15, 2021.

Interviewed on Cheddar News for the story, "Work From Home Costs a Pay Cut for Some Workers." August 18, 2021.

Interviewed by Sarah O' Connor for the story, "Cutting Pay for Remote Workers is a Risky Move." Financial Times, August 16, 2021.

Interviewed by Danielle Kaye for the story, "Pay Cut: Google Employees Who Work from Home Could Lose Money." Reuters, August 10, 2021.

Interviewed by Malcolm Gay for the story, "'We Didn't Have a Voice': How the Pandemic Spurred a Museum Workers' Rights Movement."  Boston Globe, July 19, 2021.

Interviewed by Noah Bierman for the story, "Biden May Be the Most Pro-Union President Since Truman. But Can He Stop Labor's Decline?" Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2021.

Interviewed by Zachary Stieber for the story, "Why the Attempt to Unionize at a US Amazon Warehouse Failed." The Epoch Times, April 15, 2021.
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Interviewed by Sarah Fenske for the story, "Why You're Paid What You're Paid (It's Not What You Think)." St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis On the Air, April 8, 2021.

Interviewed by Whitney Kimball for the story, "It Doesn't Need to Be This Hard." Gizmodo, April 2, 2021.

You're Paid What You're Worth featured in Kevin J. Delaney's story "What Is Work Worth?" New York Times' DealBook Newsletter, March 20, 2021.

Interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for the story, "Disney Faces Pay-Secrecy Complaint in Lawsuit." NPR's Marketplace, March 19, 2021.

​Published "Paying Workers Based on Performance is Harder Than It Looks." The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2021.

​Published "Five Myths About Compensation."  Washington Post, March 14, 2021, p. B3.

Interviewed by Kim Elsesser for the story, "Want Equal Pay? Get Employees Talking About Their Paychecks."  Forbes, March 11, 2021.

Interviewed by Nicholas Fandos for the story, "House Passes Labor Rights Expansion, but Senate Chances Are Slim."  New York Times, March 10, 2021, p. A21.

Interviewed by Katherine Bindley for the story, "These Tech Companies Are Paying Workers the Same Rates Across U.S." The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2020.

Published "There's Still a Taboo on Discussing Salaries. But Millennials are Breaking It." Washington Post, September 6, 2020.

Interviewed by Jacob Barker for the story, "Workers Ring in Labor Day as Advantage Shifts to Employers During Pandemic, Recession." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 6, 2020.

Interviewed by Alex Gangitano for the story, "Police Unions Face Lobbying Fights At All Levels of Government." The Hill, June 13, 2020.

Published "Welcome to the Jungle, Again." The American Prospect, May 17, 2020. 

Interviewed by Rob Walker for the story, "You're Blowing this Amazon." Marker, April 7, 2020.
 
Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, "Coronavirus Prompts Instacart and Amazon Strikes Over Health Concerns." New York Times, March 30, 2020.

Interviewed by Jacob Barker for the story, "'What Are We Supposed to Do?'  Service Workers Hardest Hit by Coronavirus Concerns." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 22, 2020.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "The Faces of a New Union Movement,"  The New Yorker, February 28, 2020.

Interviewed by Kurt Erickson for the story, "Missouri's Prison Guard Union Runs Low on Funds, Warns it Could Go Out of Business." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 28, 2020.  

​Noam Scheiber featured my research in his article, "In a Strong Economy, Why are So Many Workers on Strike?" New York Times, October 19, 2019, p. A1.

Interviewed by Rachel Cohen for the story, "The Biggest Strike in America is About How Much Bosses Can Gut Your Healthcare." Vice, September 18, 2019.
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Quoted in David Leonhardt's column, "Why I'm Rooting for the G.M. Strikers." New York Times, September 17, 2019.

Caleb Crain featured my book in his article, "State of the Unions." The New Yorker, August 26, 2019.

Interviewed by German Lopez for the story, "I Was Skeptical of Unions.  Then I Joined One." Vox, August 19. 2019.

Published "Time for Washington University to Translate Research to Practice."  St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 16, 2019.

​Rich Yeselson discussed my research in, "An Injury to All: The Past and Future of the American Strike," The Nation, March 21, 2019.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "The Return of the Strike." American Prospect, January 3, 2019.

Todd Tucker discussed my research in, "Why Labor Is a Foreign Policy Issue."  Vox, October 11, 2018.

​Interviewed by Rachel Premack for the story, "Why Your Salary Might Not Be Going Up, Even Though the Economy Is Doing Great." Business Insider, September 24, 2018.

Interviewed by Noah Bierman and Don Lee for the story, "Labor Unions Aren't Buying It When Trump Says, 'I Could Be One of You,'" Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2018.

Interviewed by Ailsa Chang for the story, "Voters in Missouri Reject Right-to-Work Law In Rare Win for Labor." NPR's All Things Considered, August 8, 2018.

Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, "Missouri Voters Reject Anti-Union Law in a Victory for Labor." New York Times, August 7, 2018, p. B6.

Interviewed by Clark Randall for the story, "Future of Unions Hangs in the Balance with Missouri 'Right to Work' Vote." The Guardian, August 5. 

Interviewed by Sarah Jones for the story, "A Moment of Truth for the Labor Movement." The New Republic, July 19, 2018.

Interviewed by Matt Taylor for the story, "A Future Without Unions Is a Terrible Dystopia," Vice, June 28, 2018.

Liz Alderman discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, "Britain Aims to Close Gender Pay Gap With Transparency and Shame." New York Times, April 5, 2018: B1.

Interviewed by Simon Montlake for the story, "Surge in Teacher Activism Challenges GOP Austerity Mindset." Christian Science Monitor, April 3, 2018.

Interviewed by John Seewer for the story, "Right-To-Work Holdouts Face New Efforts to Change Labor Laws."  Associated Press, February 2, 2018.

Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, "6 Reasons That Pay Has Lagged Behind U.S. Job Growth." New York Times, February 1, 2018, p. B1.

Interviewed by Timothy Noah for the story, "Does Labor Have a Death Wish?" Politico, November 7, 2017.

Interviewed by Adam Gabbatt for the story, "Seven Months Long, 1,800 Out...Epic Strike Mirrors US Unions' Fight to Survive." The Guardian, November 3, 2017.

Interviewed by Ellen Chang for the story, "Target Paving Way for Higher Retail Wages." TheStreet, September 29, 2017.

Interviewed by Livia Gershon for the story, "Unions Aren't Obsolete, They're Being Crushed by Right-Wing Politics." Vice, September 10, 2017.

Lane Windham discussed my research in, "The Media Still Gets the Working Class Wrong - But Not in the Way You Think." The Washington Post, September 3, 2017.

Interviewed by Claire Cain Miller for the story, "One Effort to Close the Gender Pay Gap Won't Get a Try Under Trump."  New York Times, September 1, 2017, p. B2.

Interviewed by Jacob Barker for the story, "With State Law Set to Preempt St. Louis Minimum Wage, Groups Push for Missouri-Wide Hike," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 28, 2017, 

Guest on KCUR's Up to Date, "A Prosecutor's Role in Criminal Justice and Organized Labor in Missouri," August 16, 2017.

Interviewed by Jordan Graham for the story, "Labor Wins the Day in 'Top Chef' Verdict," Boston Herald, August 16, 2017.

Interviewed by Stephanie Russell-Kraft for the story, "The Aggressive Anti-Union Campaign at StoryCorps," The Nation, July 17, 2017.

Amy Crawford discussed my research in, "Why Everyone Should Know How Much You Earn,"  Boston Globe, June 4, 2017.

Amie Tsang discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, "New Rule Aims to Close Pay Gap in British Companies,"  New York Times, April 7, 2017: B2.

Interviewed by Jason Rosenbaum for the story, "Missouri Could Soon Join the Ranks of Right-to-Work States,"  NPR's Marketplace, January 27, 2017.

Interviewed by Ginger Adams Otis for the story, "Here's What Donald Trump Should Do If He's Serious About Restoring Good-Paying Jobs to the Working Class,"  New York Daily News, January 6, 2017.

Jared Bernstein discussed my research with Jennifer Laird and Patrick Denice in, "Labor Day Spillovers: How a Unionization Revival Could Help Millions of Workers Not in Unions," The Washington Post, September 5, 2016. 

Paul Davidson discussed my research with Jennifer Laird and Patrick Denice in, "Decline of Unions Has Hurt All Workers: Study," USA Today, September 5, 2016.

Former Vice President Joe Biden discussed my research with Patrick Denice and Jennifer Laird , September 1, 2020.

Interviewed by Kate Gibson for the story, "One Big Reason for Stagnant Wages and Rising Inequality," CBS News, August 30, 2016.

Interviewed by Daniel Marans for the story, "Why the Decline Of Unions Has Lowered Pay For All Workers," Huffington Post, August 30, 2016.

Interviewed by Alana Semuels for the story, "Fewer Unions, Lower Pay for Everybody," The Atlantic, August 30, 2016.

Neil Gross discussed my book in, "The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Trump," New York Times, August 14, 2016, p. SR10.

Interviewed by Tali Arbel for the story, "Verizon, Unions Reach Deal in Principle for 4-Year Contract," Associated Press, May 27, 2016.

Interviewed by Laura Kusisto for the story, "Construction Unions' Grip on New York Begins to Show Cracks," Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2016.

Interviewed by Rick Wartzman for the story, "American Workers Try to Organize - One Click at a Time," Fortune, February 16, 2016.

Claire Cain Miller discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, "How to Bridge That Stubborn Pay Gap," New York Times, January 17, 2016, p. B6.

Rich Yeselson featured my book in, "The Decline of Labor, the Increase of Inequality," Talking Points Memo, November 2015.

Guest on KCRW's To the Point, "The Quest for Gender Equality in the Workplace," October 9, 2015.

Interviewed by Jason Rosenbaum for the story, "Minimum Wage Hike Puts a City at Odds with Lawmakers," NPR's Marketplace, October 6, 2015.

Interviewed by Brian Mahoney for the story, "Walker Sinks Despite Anti-Union Message," Politico, September 15, 2015. 

Interviewed by Jonathan Timm for the story, "Can Millennials Save Unions?,"  The Atlantic, September 7, 2015.

Interviewed by Rich Lord for the story, "Wolf and SEIU Far Too 'Cozy,' Says House GOP Caucus," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 23, 2015.

Interviewed by Brian Mahoney for the story, "Scott Walker Takes On Unions Again," Politico, March 6, 2015.

Nicholas Kristof featured my book in, "The Cost of a Decline in Unions," New York Times, February 19, 2015.

Jane McAlevey featured my book in, "We Need Syriza in Illinois," The Nation, February 17, 2015.

Interviewed by Matthew Phillips for the story, "American Labor-Union Strikes are Almost Completely Extinct," Quartz, February 11, 2015.

John Guida featured my book in, "Want to Be Happy?  Join a Union," New York Times, January 13, 2015.

Tina Rosenberg featured my book in, "An L.A. Story: Unions Show Signs of Life," New York Times, November 6, 2014.

Interviewed by Robert McClendon for the story, "New Orleans' Tourism Industry Booms but Income Inequality Remains Entrenched,"  The Times-Picayune, October 28, 2014.

Interviewed by David Nicklaus for the story, "Fast-Food Industry is a Tough Target for Unions," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 7, 2014.

Justin Fox featured my book in "What Unions No Longer Do,"  Harvard Business Review Blog, September 1, 2014.

Interviewed by Deirdre Fernandes for the story, "Market Basket a Rare Case in Labor World," Boston Globe, August 12, 2014, p. A1.

Interviewed by Jonathan Timm for the story, "When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid,'" The Atlantic, July 15, 2014.

Dmitri Mehlhorn discussed my book in, "Why Progressives Shouldn't Support Public Workers Unions," The Daily Beast, July 11, 2014.

Published "The Supreme Court Did Not Just Kill Public Sector Unions," Politico Magazine, June 30, 2014.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "Fast Food Protests Spread Overseas," New York Times, May 15, 2014, p. B1.

Interviewed by Mike Wold about What Unions No Longer Do for the article, "State of the Union," Real Change News, April 30th, 2014.

Interviewed by Peter Nicholas for the story, "Democrat in Wisconsin Steers Clear of Union Fight," Wall Street Journal, April 29th, 2014, p. A4.

Published "The Decline of Labor Unions and the Rise of the Minimum Wage," Seattle Times, April 20th, 2014, p. A17.

Interviewed by Sam Seder about What Unions No Longer Do,  The Majority Report, April 2, 2014.

What Unions No Longer Do featured on Talking Points Memo's Book Club, March 17-21, 2014.

Interviewed by Ross Reynolds for the story, "How Decline of Unions Contributed to Rise in Inequality," KUOW's The Record, March 13, 2014.

Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, "UW Professor Traces Growing Income Gap To The Collapse Of Organized Labor," KPLU Radio, February 28, 2014.

Interviewed by Jerry Large for the column, "Decline of Unions Affects All," Seattle Times, February 20, 2014.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "Labor Battle at Kellogg Plant in Memphis Drags On,"  New York Times, February 11, 2014 p. B1.

Appeared on MSNBC's The Cycle to discuss my book, January 30, 2014.

Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, "Boeing Machinists' Plight Marks Changing Times for Labor," NPR's All Things Considered, January 15, 2014.

Interviewed by Phuong Le for the story, "Boeing Contract Cuts into Local Labor Influence," Associated Press, January 5, 2014.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "Vote on New Boeing Contract Highlights a Rift in the Machinists' Union," New York Times, January 2, 2014, p. B3.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "Rejection Puts Future Home of Boeing Jet in Doubt," New York Times, November 15, 2013, p. B6.

Interviewed by Carolyn Adolph for the story, "What Boeing Machinists' Rejection Means for Labor," KUOW Radio, November 15, 2013.

Published "BART Workers, Striking an Unfamiliar Note,"  Harvard Business Review Blog, October 22, 2013.

Published "Lost Unions and Lost Ground" (with Meredith Kleykamp), Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2013.

Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "In New Wave of Walkouts, Fast-Food Strikers Gain Momentum," ​New York Times' Economix Blog, August 29, 2013.

Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story, "Fast Food Workers Protest for Higher Minimum Wage," KPLU Radio, August 29, 2013.

Research on unions cited in "Are Shrinking Unions Making Workers Poorer?," The Atlantic, July 24, 2013.

Interviewed by Ashley Gross for the story "Do Boeing Engineers Have Enough Leverage to Strike?," National Public Radio, February 8, 2013.

Interviewed by Jim Tankersley for the story "Power has Shifted from the Middle Class - Now What?," National Journal, May 21, 2012.