White-collar labor in the U.S.

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LaborTalk: Why Doctors Need a Union
By Harry Kelber, The Labor Educator, June 1999. The AMA decision to set up a union for salaried physicians and medical residents was a response to the angry protests from thousands of physicians who work for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and for-profit hospitals. These doctors feel powerless when they have to negotiate individually with HMO administrators.
Powerful compassion: The strike at Syracuse
By Ali Shehzad Zaidi, 8 November 1999. The conflicts at Syracuse University are symptomatic of structural changes taking place everywhere, which draws faculty, employees and students together in common cause.
Court Ruling Forces AMA to Halt Organizing Effort
By Karen Pallarito, Reuters, Friday 8 June 2001. In a blow to physician unionizing, the American Medical Association’s (AMA) labor union said it has decided to table efforts to organize doctors at private healthcare facilities, following a Supreme Court ruling concerning whether a nurse or other healthcare worker is a supervisor, and therefore barred from joining a union.
Unions Take White Collar Issues
Associated Press, Wed 23 Oct 2002. Three union groups are joining forces to push for reforms and study issues that affect white collar workers—the fastest-growing segment of organized labor.