The a f l c i o represents police unions. About 30 % of our membership is alined with the republican party. No matter if you're a democrat or republican, we should be focused on creating good, sustainable jobs for every person in this country who's work. The pendulum has swung way too far in terms of corporate largess right? It's 299 one ceo p to the average worker. I don't think anyone thinks that that's fair.
Organized labor hasn’t had this much public support in 50 years, and yet the percentage of Americans in a union is near a record low. A.F.L-C.I.O. president Liz Shuler tries to explain this gap — and persuade Stephen Dubner that “the folks who brought you the weekend” still have the leverage to fix a broken economy.