Employee-employer relations commonly revolve around the negotiation of wages whether centralized or decentralized. In this episode, host Jared closely examines the benefits, and potential drawbacks, that collective bargaining or unions can offer a workforce. How important and relevant are the tangible or intangible benefits they provide? And how much has society suffered possibly as a result of unionization decline over the years?
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References
8:45 - Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining
31:31 - Collective bargaining and power: Wage premium of collective agreements in Europe 2002–2018
38:19 - The Enormous Impact of Eroded Collective Bargaining on Wages