If unions seek to re-create the labor movement of the past, organized labor will die. As capitalism has changed, so must workers’ movements.

Stephen Lerner of Bargaining for the Common Good envisions the future of workers and the labor movement in the wake of COVID-19 as part of the “Future of Labor” series in The American Prospect. “It’s not just possible for us to think big and act boldly in this moment. It is a necessity if we hope that the side of the razor’s edge that emerges from this crisis holds the path to a brighter future.”