Episode 46: Professor John Logan on the Anti-Union Industry

The Checkout presents a timely, in-depth and fascinating look at the massive union avoidance industry and the efforts that go into convincing workers not to join unions. What resources can companies like Amazon muster to prevent unionization? John Logan has the answers.

John Logan, Ph.D., U.S. labor history, University of California, Davis, is an expert on the anti-union industry and anti-union legislation in the U.S., and comparative labor issues, particularly how multinational companies treat employees and unions differently in the U.S. compared to European countries. Professor Logan is Chair of the Department or Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University.

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Episode #46 Notes

0:30 - What is Labor Studies, and what are your key focus areas?

7:20 - What are the benefits of unionizing for workers?

14:45 - Why has there been a decline in recent decades in private sector union jobs?

27:40 - How are non-unionized jobs effected by the lack of unions when it comes to benefits, wages, working conditions, etc.

40:30 - Gig workers, rapid hiring, and lack of unions.

43:30 - On the union-avoidance industry.

1:12 - Recommended readings!

State of the Union, Nelson Lichtenstein

Dying at Work, Jeff Pheifer

The Fissured Workplace, David Well

Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber