I appeared on CBS News Live (CBS's digital service) on Monday night, July 17 with the great political reporter and commentator John Dickerson to talk about the rising number of workers on strike and the causes of rising worker activism. My answers: the pandemic, rising corporate profits, and America's current political economy. In particular, I mentioned UPS, Amazon, the corporate studios in Hollywood, and some others. Friends-of-the-blog the Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker provided critical data for the set-up discussion.
We also discussed the gap between workers' needs and corporate employers' understanding (or lack thereof) of their employees. I specifically mentioned Hollywood's corporate studios as an example. Finally, we discussed President Biden and his role in rising worker activism. I closed with a bold prediction --- you'll have to watch to find out what it is.
