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    News Article ● Labor Unionization Unions

    More Workers Are Filing For — and Winning – Union Elections Than in Any Year in the Past Decade

    September 12, 2024 // A surge in union activity since the COVID-19 lockdown shows no signs of stopping, though it’s still not enough to reverse the two-decade downward trend in union membership in New York and across the nation.

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    Research ● Unions

    CHICAGO SCHOOL SPENDING NEARLY DOUBLES AS SCORES DROP

    July 16, 2024 // Still, CTU seems oblivious as it pushes $1.7 billion in demands for new support staff that will give them more union members – part of at least $10.2 billion in new demands – rather than prioritizing students’ outcomes. This, in a school district that just cut enough to close a $500 million deficit. Expect that deficit to reappear with a vengeance if CTU gets even a fraction of its demands. Expect taxpayers to eventually pay for that deficit.

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