Is This The Beginning Of A New Labor Movement?

Get free access to Nebula with your CuriosityStream subscription! Visit https://curiositystream.com/secondthought Since the beginning of the pandemic, we ve seen a surge of protests, strikes, and labor actions demanding better working conditions and workers rights. Union membership is on the rise for the first time in 40 years. Could this be the beginning of a new labor movement? Is This The Beginning Of A New Labor Movement? – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading American economic life: Tracking wealth growth of richest Americans: https://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/SaezZucman2016QJE.pdf Rich got richer during covid - https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/us-billionaires-wealth-net-worth-pandemic-covid-billion-2020-9-1029599756?op=1 https://americansfortaxfairness.org/issue/net-worth-u-s-billionaires-soared-1-trillion-total-4-trillion-since-pandemic-began/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/billionaire-wealth-covid-pandemic-12-trillion-jeff-bezos-wealth-tax/ Loss of wealth among average Americans - https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianweller/2020/06/19/households-lost-65-trillion-in-march-but-the-decline-in-average-americans-wealth-has-only-begun/?sh=1b07bec464a6 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/average-american-household-lost-third-their-net-worth-during-recession-180952191/ Covid unemployment - https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/21/859836248/38-6-million-have-filed-for-unemployment-since-march https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/jobless-claims-coronavirus-pandemic-jan-9-2021 Ambulance, Hospital, Healthcare costs - https://health.costhelper.com/ambulance.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/07/americans-healthcare-medical-costs https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/072116/us-healthcare-costs-compared-other-countries.asp Evictions - https://www.npr.org/2021/02/12/966879082/renters-are-getting-evicted-despite-cdc-eviction-ban-im-scared https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/The_Eviction_Crisis_080720.pdf https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/02/12/covid-unemployment-layoffs-foreclosure-eviction-homeless-car-rv/6713901002/ Economic Environment Compared to Previous Generations: Post-recession standard of living - https://www.cnbc.com/id/44962589 Record unhappiness - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/americans-are-unhappiest-they-ve-been-50-years-poll-finds-n1231153 Wage stagnation despite increase in cost of living - https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ Cost of living outpacing inflation - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-12/u-s-cost-of-living-is-higher-than-official-inflation-rate-shows https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/47-percent-of-americans-say-cost-of-living-is-top-threat-to-future-security.html Minimum wage earners cannot afford rent in any state - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/minimum-wage-workers-cannot-afford-rent-in-any-us-state.html No more pensions - https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/t047-c022-s001-what-killed-pensions.html Little to no vacation time - https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2018/05/21/why-america-has-become-the-no-vacation-nation/?sh=2859f0c04c53 Among 41 developed nations, only US lacks parental leave - https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/12/16/u-s-lacks-mandated-paid-parental-leave/ Gig Economy: https://www.smallbizlabs.com/2018/08/gallup-says-36-of-us-workers-are-in-the-gig-economy.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2018/08/31/57-million-u-s-workers-are-part-of-the-gig-economy/?sh=361bc1a47118 http://employeerightsadvocacy.org/our-work/gig-economy/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2019/11/20/are-gig-economy-workers-being-exploited/?sh=14ecffeb729c Strike actions: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/28/alabama-miners-take-strike-blackrocks-nyc-headquarters https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/10/warr-j10.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/21/us-nurses-strike-coronavirus-fears-pennsylvania https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-workers-protest-lack-of-protective-equipment-2020-03-28/ https://www.complex.com/life/2020/07/teacher-strike https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2020-03-18/ap-source-detroit-automakers-to-shut-down-factories Union membership: https://usafacts.org/articles/labor-union-membership/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/15/majorities-of-adults-see-decline-of-union-membership-as-bad-for-the-u-s-and-working-people/ DSA: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/dsa-growing-during-coronavirus/611599/ https://www.dsausa.org Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman