Labor unions have historically made little progress in organizing private-sector professional workers, but now another kind of organization is drawing interest among the white-collar crowd. That alternative is a hybrid of a union and a professional association that is designed to give professional employees a stronger say in workplace issues but without negotiating contracts. When “workers are trying to get a voice, to get some rights, to make gains in the workplace, [a hybrid] is a direction they could go,” says Candice Johnson, communications director of the Communication Workers of America union (CWA).

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Employers and workers are clashing, as lawyers say companies are trying to avoid hiring full-time employees by tapping contractors.

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Employers and workers are clashing, as lawyers say companies are trying to avoid hiring full-time employees by tapping contractors.

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