Companies like general motors make peace with this constrained but still quite powerful mid twentieth century collective bargaining order. But in the reactionary corners of the business rit they want like a full repeal of the wagoner act. Some companies just never fully accept that. And so even if they don't om there are some in them that would jus liketo the whole wagner act repealed altogether. Others might not have thought that was plausible, but are still really committed to actively fighting against unions in their work places. So it is a kind of adjustment. Everybody is jockeying around how to respond to the change, of changing order.
Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein on Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan.
Listen to Kim's Dig interview on Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics thedigradio.com/podcast/fear-city-with-kim-phillips-fein/
Listen to past Dig eps for context on Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
Tony Wood on Russia and Putin: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood
Volodymyr Ishchenko on Ukraine: thedigradio.com/podcast/ukraine-w-volodymyr-ishchenko
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