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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2026 · 1H 12M

The Power of Unions: Rise, Fall, Return?

from Sustainability Matters · host De Gruyter Brill

On this episode of Sustainability Matters, we ask: why do unions rise, why do they fall, and what does it take for them to rise again? How do leadership, strategy, and internal democracy shape their trajectory? And what can the turbulent history of a major New York transit union teach us about the labour movement today?All this and more with Dr. Marc Kagan, author of Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975–2009, which is Volume 7 in the series Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work, published by De Gruyter Brill.Host: Ramzi NasirGuest: Dr. Marc Kagan

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