Liz schuler is president of the a f l c i o, an umbrella organization for more than 12 million union workers in the us. The cheap labor bubbles finally busted and thousands of american workers are on strike. Are labor unions really the best tool to fix a broken economy? It's next time on freconomic radio.
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