This paper argues for a new social contract in the United States which will establish the mutual expectations and obligations that workers, employers and their communities have regarding work and employment relationships. It reports suggestions by participants in a recent online MITx course on ‘Shaping the Future of Work’. The participants in the course assigned high priority to business leaders working collaboratively with employees to improve organizational performance and provide workers with a significant voice in corporate governance. They urged unions to be effective in representing workers’ interests, not in an adversarial but in a partnership manner. They advocated that government should balance power in society and reform labor laws to provide workers with a wider range of voice and representation. The paper suggests steps which the new Administration should take to achieve these goals, in order to establish a new social contract and heal deep divisions in American society.

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在美国建立新的社会契约：手头的任务

本文主张在美国建立新的社会契约，以确立工人、雇主及其社区在工作和雇佣关系方面的相互期望和义务。它报告了最近 MITx 在线课程“塑造工作的未来”的参与者的建议。课程参与者高度重视与员工合作的商业领袖，以提高组织绩效并为员工提供在公司治理中的重要发言权。他们敦促工会有效地代表工人的利益，而不是以对抗的方式，而是以合作的方式。他们主张政府应平衡社会权力并改革劳动法，为工人提供更广泛的发言权和代表性。