“Even though we’re seeing stronger support for unions, (with) the highest popularity of union favorability in polls since at least the 1960s, translating the worker desire for representation into actual representation is really hard under our current system,” Alexander Colvin, dean of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, told The Associated Press earlier this month.
Autoworkers are the latest to spotlight the power of US labor.
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“We have a labor law that was designed in the era in the 30s and 40s, when auto plants of 10,000 workers (were organizing)," he said.
From Hollywood to auto work, organized labor is flexing its muscles. Where do unions stand today?
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