A f l c i o president Liz schuler is a fan of the german set up. Schuler also wants the us. Government to be more aggressive in supporting workers. The biden administrations plan to fund union friendly positions like child care, paid family leave and health care expansion. 90 % of democrats say they support unions, while only forty seven per centof republicans do.
Organized labor hasn’t had this much public support in 50 years, and yet the percentage of Americans in a union is near a record low. A.F.L-C.I.O. president Liz Shuler tries to explain this gap — and persuade Stephen Dubner that “the folks who brought you the weekend” still have the leverage to fix a broken economy.