The country has gone through a traumatic period. A pandemic, a recession, mass protests over racial injustice, a divisive national election and a violent attempt to prevent a peaceful transition of government power have battered the nation. Whether or not you will ever become a union member, organized labor will play a role in the country’s and the Biden Administration's “Build Better Back” plan. The future of work is undetermined, but worker voices should be paramount.
Robert Bruno is a Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he is the Director of the Labor Education Program. His research focuses on organized labor, workers’ rights, and political and economic trends related to these issues, as he probes the balance of power between large corporations and working-class Americans, the role of the workplace in civil society, the political power of labor organizations, and ways that unions promote worker interests.
