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Sep 2020
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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 Professor Givan on Twitter @rkgwork. She’s also the co-editor of the forthcoming essay collection Strike for the Common Good, which follows teacher walkouts across the US in the last few years.

Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN.

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