SYSK Selects: How Labor Unions Work

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 18 April 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Yes, it's true: Unions have a shady mob-related past and were originally championed by anarchists. Born from medieval trade guilds, these organizations also helped grow the American economy, and not only protected but established workers' rights.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.1	Hey everyone, since it's political season, I thought for this Saturday select we'd go back
0:35.5	in time to May 22, 2012 and learn a little bit about labor unions.
0:41.0	That's bound to be a hot topic in debates and as we ramp up to the primary season or through
0:45.9	the primary season into the dreaded November date.
0:49.8	But give it a listen, educate yourselves on how labor unions work right now.
0:56.1	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:06.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:07.7	I'm Josh Clark with me as always is Charles W. Schuff Bryant, which makes this stuff
1:14.6	you should know.
1:16.3	Heck no, we won't go.
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1:20.3	Heck no, we won't record.
1:22.3	That's more along the lines of what we're talking about.
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