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Event Recap: Labor Unions and the Future

David Madland's new book explains how to design a new labor system for today's economy with enhanced rights for workers, incentives for union membership, and greater sectoral bargaining.

Learn more about the four main takeaways from “Labor Unions and the Future,” a book event with David Madland, Mary Kay Henry, and Dorian Warren. At a time when stronger unions are sorely needed, David Madland’s new book Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States explains how to design a new labor system for today’s economy with enhanced rights for workers, incentives for union membership, and greater sectoral bargaining to complement worksite-level bargaining.

Produced by Jasmine HardyMeghan Miller, and Hai-Lam Phan.

David Madland is a senior fellow and the senior adviser to the American Worker Project at American Progress.

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David Madland

Senior Fellow; Senior Adviser, American Worker Project

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