Elizabeth Tandy Shermer is an assistant professor of history at Loyola University Chicago. She has written extensively about anti-unionism, including in her first book, Sunbelt Capitalism, and The Right and Labor in America, which she co-edited with Nelson Lichtenstein.

Labor
Scott Walker and Bruce Rauner’s Assaults On Organized Labor Are Also an Opportunity
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.