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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Government Unions Are Making a Comeback — and Taxpayers Will Pay the Price

    September 15, 2026 // Taken together, those same four unions have added back more than 230,000 members since 2024, the Commonwealth Foundation reports. That’s a 3.5 percent jump, and it has wiped out most of what looked like a permanent decline. Two of the four unions, AFSCME and SEIU, now have more members than they did before Janus. Only one union, the NEA, is still losing members, but even that decline has slowed.

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