Freakonomics Radio

Do Unions Still Work?

Mar 10, 2022 · 51 min · Episode 496 · 49.5 MB
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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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