Unions: Pros and Cons, Public Opinion, and Comebacks

Increasingly, more Americans approve of labor unions. The latest poll shows that 64 percent support labor unions, which is nearing a 50-year high. Yet, only ten percent of workers are in unions. 

Learn why that is from Dr. John Budd, a professor of work and organizations at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Dr. Budd researches and studies labor unions, strikes, and collective bargaining power.

Below, listen to the conversation or read the transcript, and hear Dr. John Budd’s thoughts on:

• Why workers are striking more in recent years (1:39)
• How the Fight for $15 would help alleviate workers’ frustration (3:43)
• Why public support for unions is growing, but membership isn’t (5:54)
• If labor unions will make a comeback (7:38)
• If unions are as necessary today as they were in 1900 (8:57)
• The pros and cons of labor unions for employees and employers (10:24)
• How labor unions lost power in the last 50 years (11:52)
• If co-workers can discuss or disclose their salary (13:00)
• How important money is to job satisfaction (15:41)

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