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Podcast: Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast
Episode: Barry Eidlin, “Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada” (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Description: How do unions and ideas around labor compare between the U.S. and Canada? And how did they come to be as they are today? In his new book, Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Barry Eidlin uses a variety of sources, including archives, to construct a comprehensive picture of the historical development of labor and unions in both countries. The book explores individual and structural explanations including the rise of service sector jobs as well as geographical shifts and preferences for unions. Eidlin also explores policy explanations in each country...