The Future of Organizing and Labor Movements

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The labor movement helped the civil rights movement. The women's movement, we learned from each other in social movement world. I think there's a learning that could go the other way as well from an often social movements to learn from each other. Some people will end up losing. They'll be the martyrs to the cause. But the idea is to try to prevent that martyrdom as much as possible.

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.