What Do Trade Unions Actually Do? with Professor Rebecca Givan

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Givan is an Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University. She joins Jonathan to discuss the ins and outs of trade unions: what they are, how they work, why they’re needed, the benefits and protection they offer members, and much more. Professor Givan is on Twitter @rkgwork, and her website is www.rkgivan.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious.
0:03.1	I'm Jonathan Beness and every week I sit down for a little 30 minute combo with a brilliant
0:07.4	expert to learn all about something that is getting my brain ticking.
0:11.1	It is getting it going.
0:12.1	It is making me curious, hence getting curious this week.
0:15.2	I'm curious about trade unions and what they actually do.
0:18.8	That's why I sat down with Rebecca Given, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment
0:22.8	Relations at Rutgers University.
0:29.2	Welcome to Getting Curious.
0:30.2	This is Jonathan Beness.
0:31.2	I'm very excited this week because we're hearing so much right now about trade unions.
0:35.2	I feel like over my life I've heard a lot about unions.
0:38.5	I think Jimmy Hatha.
0:39.9	I think, I think, Mob.
0:42.0	I don't know what a union is.
0:44.4	I'm a millennial.
0:46.5	So I brought an amazing professor full of knowledge.
0:50.7	Rebecca Given, right?
0:52.4	Yeah.
0:53.4	I nailed it.
0:54.4	I nailed it.
0:55.4	I put too much emphasis on the van parts like Given.
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