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Millennials Are Unionizing

The decline of manufacturing in the US has meant a decline of organized labor, but new media may be leading the Millennial Generation back to the future. First, employees of Gawker Media joined the Writers’ Guild and this week workers for the Huffington Post announced plans to do the same thing.

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By Warren Olney • Oct 8, 2015 • 8m Listen

The decline of manufacturing in the US has meant a decline of organized labor, but new media may be leading the Millennial Generation back to the future. First, employees of Gawker Media joined the Writers’ Guild and this week workers for the Huffington Post announced plans to do the same thing. Jonathan Timm writes for Salon, BuzzFeed and the Atlantic Magazine, which published his recent article, "Can Millennials Save Unions?"

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    former KCRW broadcaster

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