Will auto industry unionization in Tennessee and Alabama galvanize a new labor movement in the South?
In a new episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast from eCornell, Andrew Wolf, a professor of global labor and work at Cornell’s ILR School, joins host Chris Wofford to discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead for both auto manufacturing companies and labor organizers.
Unionization is shaking up the auto industry, delivering meaningful gains toward fair pay and other benefits for workers in the U.S. The efforts are particularly significant in the South where a legacy of racist labor laws continues to propagate disparity within the workforce.
Listen to Episode 32: “The American South Braces for a Huge Unionization Push” and read more on the Chronicle.
Torie Anderson