Sustainability Matters, Ep.13: The Power of Unions: Rise, Fall, Return? with Marc Kagan (podcast)

Original release date: 11 February 2026 On this episode of Sustainability Matters, we ask: why do unions rise, why do they fall, and what does it take for them to rise again? How do leadership, strategy, and internal democracy shape their trajectory? And what can the turbulent history of a major New York transit union teach us about the labour movement today? All this and more with Dr. Marc Kagan, author of Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009, which is Volume 7 in the series Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work, published by De Gruyter Brill and available in Open Access. (https://brill.com/display/title/73488). Liked this podcast? Have thoughts on the topic? Want us to address a specific theme in the future? Write to us at [email protected]. #DeGruyterBrill #publishing #podcast #sustainability #research #union #labor Find out more on our website: ► https://www.degruyterbrill.com/ Contact us ► https://www.degruyterbrill.com/publis... Subscribe ► / @degruyterbrillpublishers FOLLOW US ► Website: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/ ► Blog: https://blog.degruyter.com/ and https://blog.brill.com/ ► Facebook: / degruyterbrill ► LinkedIn: / de-gruyter-brill ► Instagram: / degruyter_brill ► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/degruyterbri...