Empowering Workers Through Collective Action

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The chapter delves into the power dynamics of workers like childcare workers, highlighting their significant influence despite societal perceptions of lack of power. It emphasizes the impact of organizing campaigns in enabling workers to assert agency and the decline in the use of strikes as a labor movement tactic in America. The chapter explores the historical significance of strikes, the need for more collective action, and the challenges faced by organized labor in the current landscape.

The labor movement is in a state of flux. Support for unions is the highest it's been in decades, including the explict support of the Biden administration, yet actual union membership has plummeted to a historical low. With only 10% of the workforce unionized, is the labor movement missing its best chance to organize more workers? This week Adam sits with Hamilton Nolan, labor journalist and author of The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor, to reconcile the popular support of unions with the grim reality of declining membership. They discuss what led to the current moment we find ourselves in, and the best strategies for workers to find solidarity no matter their trade. Find Hamilton's book at at factuallypod.com/books

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