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Sep 2020
45m 32s

Are Unions A Good Bargain? with Professo...

Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van Ness
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In the lead-up to Labor Day, Getting Curious is working it! We're re-releasing an episode from 2018 with Rebecca Givan, an associate professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University, all about trade unions. She and Jonathan discuss what unions are, how they operate, and why collective bargaining can be such a powerful tool. Follow P ... Show More
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