Thursday, March 25, 2010

Shuler: Unions Must Change to Reach Young Workers

Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer

by James Parks, Mar 25, 2010

Unlike the young people on the TV show “The Real World” who live in a $5 million mansion and spend their time mired in reality TV drama, today’s young workers are living more like the folks on “Survivor,” AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler said.

Delivering the Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture yesterday at Pennsylvania State University, Shuler said the reality is that young workers are hurting and the best way to get off that “Survivor” island is a union card.