The 2024 election highlighted the shifting partisan allegiance of working-class voters. What impact does the labor movement have on members’ political decision making? Join us for a presentation of a new survey of union members and a discussion of the relationship between trade unions and the political parties.
Speakers
Max Kiefel
CLJE Fellow
Alex Hertel-Fernandez
Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia
Co-Director of Columbia’s Labor Lab
Mike Podhorzer
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Alan Yan
PhD Candidate in Political Science, UC Berkeley
Respondents
Kim Anderson
Executive Director, National Education Association
Stephanie Ternullo
Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University
ABOUT the Labor and Democracy Project
This webinar is part of our Labor and Democracy project, a project to explore the role of labor in legitimizing and defending democracy. In bringing together researchers, union leaders, activists, and others from around the world to consider how the law can facilitate a more constructive role for labor within the project of democracy, our goal is to develop concrete strategies and policy ideas to empower the role of worker organizations in strengthening democratic institutions and addressing economic and political inequality. Learn more about the Labor and Democracy project here.
