Why You Should Organize Your Union With Your Coworkers

The labor movement is a place where miracles are possible, says Gloria Steinem. In union organizing drives you have to push yourself to interact with coworkers in new ways and confront the boss who has made your life hell for eons. You can topple the authoritarian dictatorship that you were subjected to; that's kind of a miracle. And so even if you lose the union fight, even if three years later, the union gets decertified,  you ought to win the kind of fair contract that gets you to a living wage. The transformation part can't ever be taken away.