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InfluenceWatch Podcast #227: Why Does Labor Care About Abortion?


Were any liberal organization not to weigh in on a Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that invented a nationwide right to abortion, one might expect organized labor—ostensibly dedicated to improving workers’ wages and working conditions—to be that abstaining faction. If one expected that, one would have been wrong. Big Labor—in keeping with a longstanding practice of “social justice unionism” that sees it advocating not only for abortion access but for a broad left-wing social agenda—condemned the Dobbs ruling, placing it in an incongruous alliance with “woke” corporations now vowing that they will offer access to abortions as employment benefits.

Joining me to discuss organized labor’s relationship with woke capitalism and social justice unionism is James Sherk, director of the Center for American Freedom at the America First Policy Institute.

Listen to “Episode 227: Why Does Labor Care About Abortion?” on Spreaker.

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  • Michael Watson

    Michael is Research Director for Capital Research Center and serves as the managing editor for InfluenceWatch. A graduate of the College of William and Mary, he previously worked for a…
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