Labor Day 2025: Few Bright Spots for American Labor

29/08/2025 29 min
Labor Day 2025: Few Bright Spots for American Labor

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Episode Synopsis

Stephen Franklin, former labor reporter for the Chicago Tribune, takes alook at the state of American labor this holiday weekend and discusseshis book Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They Mean forWorking Americans. The book examines three labor disputes in oneIllinois town, Decatur, that captured the change in labor-managementrelations.

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