'In recent decades, we have rarely seen so much worker anger and so many strikes as we’ve seen since COVID-19 hit America. Fears of the virus have greatly emboldened American workers.' (via latimesopinion)
Still, barring a tidal wave of worker anger that swamps corporate resistance, it will be extremely hard for unions to meet their goal of organizing millions more workers, unless there are major changes in labor law. Joe Biden’s platform includes many far-reaching proposals to boost unionization, among them, ensuring union recognition through majority sign-up and giving all public-sector employees a right to unionize.
With unions in the U.S. so weak, many are saying we should borrow some ideas from Europe to give workers greater say and power. In Germany, blue-collar and white-collar employees elect representatives to “works councils,” which meet with management to discuss matters like work schedules and health and safety. In Denmark, Germany and several other countries, the law calls for workers to elect representatives to corporate boards, often giving them one-third of the seats.
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