Press play to listen to Your Call with Rose Aguilar: “How Can Unions Shape the US Economy?”:
Press play to listen to Your Call with Rose Aguilar: “How Can Unions Shape the US Economy?”:
How can unions shape the U.S. economy? On the next Your Call, we’ll continue our series Agenda for a New Economy by looking at the state of labor unions today. Andy Stern, the controversial head of the Service Employees International Union who challenged the leadership of the AFL-CIO, is stepping down. Did Stern’s emphasis on national political clout and aggressive grassroots organizing make a difference?
Guests:
Bill Fletcher – Labor organizer and author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice.
John Logan – Researcher for UC Berkeley Labor Center and Director of Labor Studies at SF State University.
Dave Regan – An Executive Vice President at SEIU and SEIU-UHW trustee.
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