Posts tagged labor union

    Research Video ● Unionization

    Video: Why Are Labor Unions Targeting Youth?

    March 15, 2022 // Labor unions have one major motivator for growing their ranks: money. The steady drop in membership has meant a drop in the amount of dues unions take in. And unions losing money is bad news for their allies on the political Left, who rely heavily on the funding they receive from unions each year.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Union membership hits new low

    January 24, 2022 // Those numbers have fallen steadily, if not uniformly, over the last two generations, even as the number of American workers has increased substantially. Today, there are about 50 million more workers in the American economy than there were in 1983, and 3 million fewer union members.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    I’m Stuck With an Anti-Semitic Labor Union

    January 21, 2022 // It denounces Israel and treats me as a second-class citizen for resigning.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor PRO Act

    How This Labor Department Nominee Threatens 59 Million Workers

    January 13, 2022 // Weil’s efforts to attack independent workers, would not only dampen their bright outlooks, but could put their entire livelihoods and ways of living on the line. One of the Biden administration’s and Weil’s primary goals it to implement the PRO Act—a Big Labor wish list that includes upending independent contracting.

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    News Article ● Strike

    King Soopers employees preauthorize strike in nearly unanimous vote

    January 3, 2022 //

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