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Jacobin Show: When Does Culture Matter? w/ Vivek Chibber

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Is the Great Resignation a Collective Action?

The great resignation doesn't necessarily constitute a collective labor action, let alone a general strike. A collective labor action is when workers deliberately coordinate with each other to build or exert pow against an employer. The vehicle for expressing this power is most commonly, of course, a union. Union membership in the us. Unfortunately, is still at the lowest it's been in a century, and in fact, is continuing to decline.

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