The weekend. Social Security. Health insurance. What do these things have in common? They all exist thanks to the advocacy of labor unions. Political economist Margaret Levi explains how these organizations forge equality and protect worker rights, calling for a 21st-century revival of the labor movement in order to build a more equitable future.

We don't know about you, but we are fans of weekends. And social security. And health insurance. And the end of child labor! And all of these workplace protections exist because of the advocacy of labor unions. In this episode, political scientist Margaret Levi shares the long history of organizing labor and explains how unions create equality a...

Work and purpose in a future of robots. In the face of AI and automation, how can we ensure work lives of meaning and purpose?

In this 2021 TEDxSeattle talk, Margaret Levi shares her ideas on what roles labor unions play in our lives and futures, and how we need to imagine and build better labor organizations for the 21st century. Margaret explains how labor unions balance the playing field by protecting the rights of workers. She discusses how the dramatic decline of...