Opposition to union organizing within the workplace has become more intense and punitive in recent years making it incredibly difficult and risky for workers to unionize. As unemployment continues to rise and workers struggle for a bit of parity, will the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) pass? Kate Bronfenbrenner of Cornell's Labor Education Research in a new report, No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing, details the hurdles that workers face in trying to form unions and why EFCA would help. Bronfenbrenner, Mark Winston Griffith, Director of the Drum Major Institute, Pat Purcell, Director of Special Projects at the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500, and Bob Master, Political Director of Communications Workers of America on whether the recession will strengthen unions.
Warehouse Workers for Rite Aid have been fighting to unionize in California. We speak to one of the workers, Angel Warner, about her experience.
Brave New Films takes a look at the happy union of Goldman Sachs and Burger King. Sachs, along with two private equity companies, purchased the fast food chain in 2002 for $1.5 billion. They’ve battled unions, fair wages, and are now fighting EFCA all the while taking in billions in taxpayer bailout dollars. Check out the campaign here.
Finally, Greg Grandin author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
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