Do Unions Still Work?

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.

Episode 496 of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "Do Unions Still Work?" was published on March 10, 2022 and runs 51 minutes.

March 10, 2022 ·51m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

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.

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