How Do You Build That Power in a Union?

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Margaret Hoover: It can feel like the only way that these things could change is if I was the person who owned the company. She asks how do you start to kind of build that power when it feels like, well, they'll just fire me and I can't afford to get fired? Hoover: There are organizations out there that can help, including the traditional labor movement.

We don't know about you, but we are fans of weekends. And social security. And health insurance. And the end of child labor! And all of these workplace protections exist because of the advocacy of labor unions. In this episode, American political scientist Margaret Levi shares the long history of organizing labor, and explains how unions create equality and protect worker rights. Margaret also discusses her optimism about today’s young workforce and why she believes that an equitable future requires a revival of the labor movement.