In this 2021 TEDxSeattle talk, Margaret Levi shares her ideas on what roles labor unions play in our lives and futures, and how we need to imagine and build better labor organizations for the 21st century.
Margaret explains how labor unions balance the playing field by protecting the rights of workers. She discusses how the dramatic decline of labor unions contributes to an increase in inequality and is jeopardizing the middle class well-being of generations to come.
2:45 - Unions even the playing field
6:59 - Why Unions are in danger
13:12 - We need to reimagine labor unions for where we are now
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Learn more about Margaret: https://profiles.stanford.edu/margaret-levi
Learn more about Margaret’s take on moral economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R16f2SRQz4Q