On this week’s hour-long episode, Professor Wolff discusses Labor Unions and Political parties. He explains why U.S. and Western capitalism today provoke labor and unions into more and more social and political action. The latest examples are the recent Canadian Postal Workers strike and the Barnes and Noble bookstore workers rally in New York City. Professor Wolff covers the history of the standard practice of employers filing complaints with the National Labor Relations Board to dispute the results of elections that form unions.
Then, Professor Wolff delves into politics and the intersection of labor. What will be unions’ relationship to political parties? Will we see general strikes and mass popular mobilizations? Only time will tell.
Finally, the episode concludes with a special, bonus interview with Richard Wolff.