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    The Future of Organized Labor

    The wage gap is increasing in the Unites States and the United States still celebrates Labor Day, but for years there's been less and less to celebrate as union membership has been on the decline. Whatever happened to the AFL-CIO ? What's the Employee Free Choice Act ? Does it have a chance in Congress?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The wage gap is increasing in the Unites States and the United States still celebrates Labor Day, but for years there's been less and less to celebrate as union membership has been on the decline. Whatever happened to the AFL-CIO? What's the Employee Free Choice Act? Does it have a chance in Congress? Harold Meyerson is executive editor of the liberal American Prospect magazine and a columnist for the Washington Post.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Harold Meyerson

      Editor, The American Prospect; and Columnist

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    A Medical Miracle with Conflicting Consequences
    1. 0:00Congress Returns to Work and Healthcare Reform
    2. 7:47A Medical Miracle with Conflicting Consequences
    3. 43:30The Future of Organized LaborYou’re reading this
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