

Center for Social Concerns
Director, Higgins Labor Program; Faculty Joint Appointment, History
OSV News
February 28, 2023
"It's almost next to impossible to successfully organize a union today in the United States, if an employer deliberately tries to oppose it," Daniel Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame's Center for Social Concerns, told OSV News.
South Bend Tribune
February 08, 2022
The League of Women Voters presents a talk by Dan Graff at its next virtual luncheon, at noon Feb. 11.
Associated Press
January 21, 2022
Labor shortages are giving workers a rare upper hand in wage negotiations. And Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, said the pandemic gave many workers the time and space to rethink what they want from their jobs.
Buffalo News
December 11, 2021
As Daniel Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, scrolled through news reports about the Starbucks unionization campaign in Buffalo, he was shocked how many of the workers quoted are longtime employees of the coffee chain.
Associated Press
December 09, 2021
And Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, said the pandemic gave many workers the time and space to rethink what they want from their jobs.
Associated Press
November 10, 2021
Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, said many workers are burned out and tired of playing by the pre-coronavirus rules.
WVPE
Audio
October 08, 2021
Featuring Daniel Graff, Director of the Higgins Labor Program; Daniel Hobbins, Associate Professor of History; and Tamara Kay, Professor of Global Affairs & Sociology.
Lakeshore Public Radio
Audio
October 05, 2021
Guests: Daniel Graff, Director of the Higgins Labor Program; Daniel Hobbins, Associate Professor of History; and Tamara Kay, Professor of Global Affairs & Sociology.
National Catholic Reporter
September 06, 2021
Conversations on just wages and the economy should include such fundamentals, said Daniel Graff, director of the University of Notre Dame's Higgins Labor Program, part of the university's Center for Social Concerns.
Newsweek
January 24, 2021
Daniel Graff, the director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, said a minimum wage increase is not only long overdue, but it would also be significant to states, like Graff's home of Indiana, that have not lifted wages at all.
WNDU
Video
December 01, 2020
“Now, I worry sometimes that employers have a lot more sway over their workers, and maybe, you know, unfortunately, in some cases would intimidate workers from actually exercising the right,” expressed Dr. Daniel Graff, a labor historian and professor at the University of Notre Dame.