With the President of the United States at the UAW strikers’ picket line in Detroit as we record, Joe Varga joins us to talk about labor unions and the upswing in their influence. America’s labor history has been fraught with controversy, animosity between business owners and the rank and file, and even violence. We discuss unions’ political and social influence and the current revitalization of union participation and strength nearly a half century after President Reagan’s signature breaking of the air traffic controllers union.

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