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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #162: A Struggle Over Union Democracy at UPS, with Nelson Lichtenstein
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This week, we dive into the question of union democracy at UPS with renowned labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein. The majority of Teamster members at UPS voted to reject a proposed contract; leadership, however, says they’ll ratify the contract anyway. What happened? What does this struggle mean for the future of the Teamsters, and what does the fight at UPS tell us about the revival of the strike and the changing labor movement? We tried to answer those questions and more.
We also hear from UK writer/researcher Callum Cant on the...