Organizations and publicity play a crucial role in rectifying issues faced by workers, such as Amazon warehouse workers and Starbucks employees. Campaigns and efforts aim to prevent martyrdom and provide support to those organizing. Exciting initiatives are emerging in the environmental movement, particularly driven by young people.
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.