Have you ever wondered why, on the topic of immigration, unions have gone from protectionism to tacitly supporting so-called “open borders?”

In the episode of Labor Relations Radio, Michael Watson, Research Director for the Capital Research Center shares what can be considered an ‘origin story’ on how unions went from favoring tighter restrictions on immigration to almost no restrictions at all today.

Check out Michael Watson’s work at the Capitol Research Center:

* The Turn at the Millennium: Why Big Labor Switched Sides on Immigration

* Big Labor’s Decline and Left Turn: Membership Decline

* Big Labor’s Decline and Left Turn: A Trade Unionist in the White House

* Big Labor’s Decline and Left Turn: Causes of the Long Decline

* Big Labor’s Decline and Left Turn: Labor’s Private-Sector Left

* Big Labor’s Decline and Left Turn: A New Power Rises

For all prior episodes of Labor Relations Radio, go here.

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