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‘Afternoon Shift’ #140: Conventional unions
Storified by · Tue, Sep 04 2012 11:55:29
On Tuesday’s show we talk about the perception of unions in the United States. They been deifiedas the key to a strong middle class. They’ve also been demonized as the key obstruction tothe profits of capitalism. Where do unions fall in the American imagination today?
I’m always reminded of this scene from John Sayles scene in 1987’s Matewan when talking about unions:
Union Scene from Matewanhaskellwex
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