Labor's Life or Death Fight: Wall Street's War On Unions in Trump Era

Published: Feb. 6, 2017, 5 a.m.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Liz Davis, president of the Washington Teachers Union; Jeff Bigelow, a long-time public sector union leader; and by Joe Jamison, who worked for many years at the New York State labor council, specializing in transportation union issues.

Wall Street and Corporate America’s war against labor unions is moving into high gear.As Donald Trump settles into office with a shocking series of executive orders, his allies in Congress are looking to strike a catastrophic blow at unions in the United States? GOP lawmakers have rolled out national “right to work” legislation, but don’t let the name be deceiving -- this is an anti-worker bill. How high are the stakes for the labor movement and for the fate of unionization?