Overhaul US labor laws to boost workers’ power, new report urges
More than 70 scholars, union leaders, economists and activists says unions are key to tackling the crisis of economic inequality
More than 70 scholars, union leaders, economists and activists called on Thursday for a far-reaching overhaul of American labor laws to vastly increase workers’ power on the job and in politics, recommending new laws to make unionizing easier and to elect worker representatives to corporate boards.
The report argues strengthening labor unions and worker power would be the most effective strategy to combat America’s economic inequality and corporations’ sway over the economy and politics.