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What to make of increased union activity

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The union says workers' wages have been frozen for the past two years due to the pandemic and that the museum refuses to guarantee wage increases until 2024.(Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The union says workers' wages have been frozen for the past two years due to the pandemic and that the museum refuses to guarantee wage increases until 2024.(Jesse Costa/WBUR)

While employers struggle to fill empty jobs, more workers are organizing and striking, like at the Museum of Fine Arts. Will this be just a blip on the radar, or is this a true moment of transformation for labor in this country? First, we speak with Tom Juravich, labor historian, and a professor at the UMass Amherst Labor Center. Then, we hear from Eve Mayberger, assistant conservator and a member of the newly-formed bargaining committee at the Museum of Fine Arts, and Maida Rosenstein, president of United Auto Workers Local 2110, the union the MFA workers voted to join.

This segment aired on December 8, 2021.

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