How the Union Movement Can Rebuild - 345 EXCERPT

How the Union Movement Can Rebuild - 345 EXCERPT

Author: Ryan Cooper & Alexi the Greek March 23, 2025 Duration: 30:29
Today we are talking with Professor Eric Blanc about his book We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. It's all about how innovative organizers have managed to unionize some highly dispersed workplaces like Starbucks, but also how institutional labor unions have failed to take advantage of that knowledge. We also discuss what labor should do given the Trump administration's unprecedented threat to labor power as such. Check out Eric's Substack here. As Eric mentions, if you want to organize your workplace visit here, if you want to get another job so you might organize that workplace visit here, and if you want to support federal workers visit here. To listen to the second half of the episode subscribe here!

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