Summer of strikes: Looking at the labour movement now

Guest: Larry Savage, professor of Labour Studies at Brock University

With organizing efforts underway at Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and many more employers, unions and the labour movement are having a moment. Unions are fighting for higher wages and benefits for workers as workplaces try to return to normal after COVID-19 and sky high inflation makes for a higher cost of living. With a tight job market, workers should have some leverage but as economic signs point toward things like a recession, the actions of the unions and the labour movement could become even more important for workers.

This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Matthew Hearn and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources in this episode: CHCH News, CNN, Global News, CBC