Josh Eidelson: The Future of the Workers’ Movement

Josh Eidelson: The Future of the Workers’ Movement

Josh Eidelson: The Future of the Workers’ Movement

 A series of strikes by workers in the service industry has shifted the focus of the union movement towards more precarious workers.

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Can workers from traditionally non-union positions like the fast-food industry be the future of the labor movement? The alt-labor movement, as described by The Nation’s Josh Eidelson, consists of workers who have never collectively tried to negotiate for better wages. Eidelson speaks with NPR’s Jennifer Ludden on Talk of the Nation about where the labor movement goes from here.

Max Rivlin-Nadler

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