Resource Roundup: Labor is changing. Labor policy should too.

<div class="header alignfull header--article has-background has-tonal-black-background-color"> <div class="header__layout"> <div class="header__content"> <h1 class="header__title has-h2-variant">Resource Roundup</h1> <p class="has-h3-variant wp-block-paragraph">Labor is changing. Labor policy should too.</p> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="header__meta header__meta--date"> August 31, 2026</div></div></div> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="favorite-block"> <button class="favorite" data-id="313952" data-state="" title="Favorites are not currently available" disabled><span class="favorite__on">Unfavorite</span><span class="favorite__off">Favorite</span><svg class="svg svg--svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" role="img" height="15" width="11"><use xlink:href="#svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" /></svg></button></div> <div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-category"> Blog Posts</div> <div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-program_tax"> <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/economic-opportunities-program/">Economic Opportunities Program</a></div></div></div> </div> </div> <figure class="header__media" role="presentation"> </figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall)"> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a59044aa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);flex-basis:25%"> <div style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-left:0;margin-right:0" class="post-people"> <div class="post-people__person"> <figure class="post-people__headshot"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" src="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8DF1610B-604F-4854-87C7-DD80CC272B58_1_105_c-200x300.jpeg" class="attachment-mobile size-mobile" alt="" srcset="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8DF1610B-604F-4854-87C7-DD80CC272B58_1_105_c-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8DF1610B-604F-4854-87C7-DD80CC272B58_1_105_c-533x800.jpeg 533w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8DF1610B-604F-4854-87C7-DD80CC272B58_1_105_c-450x675.jpeg 450w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8DF1610B-604F-4854-87C7-DD80CC272B58_1_105_c-451x676.jpeg 451w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8DF1610B-604F-4854-87C7-DD80CC272B58_1_105_c.jpeg 724w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" style="object-position: 50% 50%" /> </figure> <div class="post-people__info"> <h3 class="post-people__name"> <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/people/maxwell-johnson/" class="post-people__link"> Maxwell Johnson </a> </h3> <p class="post-people__position"> Senior Research Associate </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%"> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">When President Grover Cleveland signed into law an 1894 bill establishing Labor Day as a federal holiday, mass industrial employment was well on its way to defining the US economy. Less than a century later, the country was firmly in the twilight years of manufacturing employment and labor strength.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">The nature of work has changed drastically, especially for working class employment, as <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/economic-opportunities-program/series/resource-roundup/">past editions of this newsletter</a> have discussed. Gone is the lifetime employer. Instead, many workers today find themselves in short-term labor arrangements, known euphemistically as “flexible” work. It’s an employment practice that MIT Sloan’s <a href="https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/paul-osterman">Paul Osterman</a> describes as creating “<a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/disposable-workers-a-book-talk-with-mit-sloan-professor-paul-osterman/">disposable workers</a>,” driving down pay and benefits and making career advancement harder. And when one’s coworkers change from one day to the next, it’s harder for the <a href="https://slate.com/life/2026/08/men-lonely-social-skills-therapy-economy-crisis.html">social bonds</a> that form the basis of workplace solidarity to take root.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns wp-block-columns--gap-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-955767f4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-018f8f7a wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:10%"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:80%"> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall)"/> <p class="has-korolev-font-family has-small-variant wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0">Join us at 2 pm, Eastern, on Wed., Sept. 9, for <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/disposable-workers-a-book-talk-with-mit-sloan-professor-paul-osterman/">a conversation</a> with Paul Osterman on his latest book, “Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment.”</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-00f60e24 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-plain-text"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-text-align-right wp-element-button" href="https://aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017878501313/WN_hG-S72R0Rhum4hcFmz-Hmg" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><svg class="svg svg--svg-assets-svg-icon-external" role="img" focusable="false" height="24" width="24"><use xlink:href="#svg-assets-svg-icon-external"/></svg><span>register here.<span class="wp-block-button__effect"></span></span></a></div> </div> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall)"/> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:10%"></div> </div> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Our new world of work calls for an updated understanding of workplace dynamics, as well as labor policies and practices that meet the moment. With Labor Day on the horizon, we take a look at the promise of <a href="https://laborinnovation.substack.com/p/why-america-needs-worker-power">sectoral bargaining and wage boards</a>, the need for national <a href="https://prospect.org/2026/07/21/how-america-let-its-workers-compensation-system-fail/">workers’ compensation standards</a>, how one union is supporting the development of <a href="https://usw.org/news/building-workplace-democracy/">workers’ cooperatives</a>, and the role of class in <a href="https://slate.com/life/2026/08/men-lonely-social-skills-therapy-economy-crisis.html">America’s loneliness crisis</a>.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h2 id="h-the-new-york-times" class="wp-block-heading has-h5-variant" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Labor Innovation</h2> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/good-jobs-policy.html"><a href="https://laborinnovation.substack.com/p/why-america-needs-worker-power">Why America Needs Worker Power</a></a></p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">America’s system of labor laws is largely adapted to a 20th century industrial economy that no longer exists. The site-by-site bargaining approach enshrined in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is a poor fit for our increasingly fragmented work arrangements.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Shifting to industry-level bargaining, of the type practiced in Germany, among other European countries, could breathe new life into US worker organizing, writes UT Austin professor and New America co-founder Michael Lind. Wage boards and sectoral bargaining bring together labor, business, and other parties to negotiate wages and standards on an industry-by-industry basis.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Learn about what the future of bargaining could look like in <a href="https://laborinnovation.substack.com/p/why-america-needs-worker-power">Lind’s essay</a>.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h2 id="h-levy-economics-institute" class="wp-block-heading has-h5-variant" style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0">American Prospect</h2> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91326871/how-ai-is-making-workplace-gender-gaps-worse-ai-workplace-gender-gap"></a><a href="https://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/the-death-of-the-social-contract-and-the-enshittification-of-jobs/"><a href="https://prospect.org/2026/07/21/how-america-let-its-workers-compensation-system-fail/">How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail</a></a></p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Like a fixer-upper, America’s safety net has good bones, but has been left unmaintained for too long. Workers’ compensation is a case in point.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Each state manages its own workers’ compensation system, resulting in a patchwork of benefits that greatly differ by jurisdiction. Many injuries go uncovered. Insurers have captured a significant share of premium payments as profit, while paying out less and less. When workers do receive payment for an injury, just a fraction of lost wages and medical expenses typically are covered, leaving the rest of the tab to workers, their families, and public assistance programs.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">To make workers’ compensation better meet workers’ needs, <a href="https://prospect.org/2026/07/21/how-america-let-its-workers-compensation-system-fail/">argues David Michael</a>, a former OSHA assistant secretary, the system must be federalized and employers made to pay the full expenses of injured workers.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h1 id="h-the-atlantic" class="wp-block-heading has-h5-variant">United Steelworkers</h1> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-unexpected-visionary-pope-francis-on-ai-humanity-and-the-future-of-work/"></a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/ai-deskilling-automation-technology/684669/?gift=aAZLj1nPjyKZaUo8Ol7R-2ppfTHTGinNg54wmyL5vE8"><a href="https://usw.org/news/building-workplace-democracy/">Building Workplace Democracy</a></a></p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Organized labor has a long history with employee ownership. On the face of it, the labor and employee ownership movements share similar goals: ensuring fair workplaces and giving workers their rightful slice of the financial pie.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">United Steelworkers has committed to supporting the development of worker cooperatives, which are collectively owned and operated by their members. The union transitioned from a focus on ESOPs, when the steel industry was struggling during deindustrialization, to supporting co-ops in recent decades.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Learn more about <a href="https://usw.org/news/building-workplace-democracy/">USW’s engagement</a> with employee ownership.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h1 id="h-business-insider" class="wp-block-heading has-h5-variant">Slate</h1> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/att-ceo-memo-workplace-loyalty-dead-employees-job-security-2025-8"><a href="https://slate.com/life/2026/08/men-lonely-social-skills-therapy-economy-crisis.html">America’s Loneliness Trap</a></a></p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Much has been written about what observers have come to term the “male loneliness epidemic.” But a breakdown of loneliness by class, rather than by gender, reveals a more alarming trend, the writer Nick Keppler argues.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Several studies, including ones by the Kaiser Family Foundation and researchers with Harvard University, found that poor adults report feeling lonely at significantly higher rates than wealthier ones. One reason: greater isolation in low-wage work has hollowed out the sociality that used to define working-class life, especially in manufacturing.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">The sorts of service jobs that compose the employment base for the modern working class are prone to high turnover. And increased reliance on subcontracting and gig work makes it common for workers to go about their day solo. What’s more, low pay means it takes more hours on the job to scrape by, so family and social life take a backseat.</p> <p style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" class="wp-block-paragraph">Read <a href="https://slate.com/life/2026/08/men-lonely-social-skills-therapy-economy-crisis.html">Keppler’s call</a> for us to take a new look at America’s loneliness crisis.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);flex-basis:25%"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-05e17e53 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0"> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull 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