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    Research Video ● Unions

    Don’t Expect Unions To Make a Comeback

    April 18, 2022 // The biggest problem for unions, it turns out, is that workers are making real progress without them

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Biden signals support for Amazon workers’ unionization efforts: ‘Amazon, here we come’

    April 8, 2022 // Speaking to thousands of labor leaders in Washington on Wednesday, Biden asserted that "unions are about, in my view, dignity and respect for people who bust their neck," noting that his White House's task force for "Worker Organization and Empowerment" was established "to make sure the choice to join a union belongs to workers alone."

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor PRO Act Unionization

    Opinion: Amazon Employees Don’t Need a Union

    March 25, 2022 // Tight labor markets empower workers more than any union. That’s why it’s unlikely that the 7,500 Amazon workers at the JFK8 plant in Staten Island, New York, who are voting today on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union, will choose to be organized. Voting at Amazon’s LDJ5 plant (also in Staten Island), which employs 1,500 workers, will take place next month.

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    News Article ● Strike Unions

    US unions see unusually promising moment amid wave of victories

    March 16, 2022 // Gebre said the nation’s unions should send far more organizers and money to back the union drives at Starbucks and Amazon. “The rest of the labor movement should be willing to lend a hand,” even if they don’t get any of the members, said Gebre, who was recently named Greenpeace’s chief program officer. “That’s what solidarity means.”

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    News Article ● Labor

    Biden in Wilmington for labor talks

    March 7, 2022 //

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    Opinion: Sorry Unions, Workers Just Aren’t That Into You

    March 4, 2022 // Increasingly, workers have decided that union representation is not what they need. They’re not seeking it out, not signing onto unionization drives, and voting “no” in high profile ‘must win’ organizing drives where unions have brought out all the celebrity and political stops.

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    Blog ● Unionization

    What the Amazon union do-over in Alabama means for the future of retail

    February 16, 2022 // U.S. consumers, especially younger ones, harbor new expectations about the workplace that businesses may not be able to ignore.

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    Blog Research ● Labor

    A “Critical” Issue with Pensions

    February 12, 2022 // Here's everything you need to know about union pension plans and their current funding status.

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    News Article ● Unions

    Unions have enthusiasm, media spotlight. But membership numbers lag

    January 28, 2022 // Glance at the numbers and the state of American unions looks bleak. Just 10.3% of American workers were union members last year, tied with 2019 for the lowest number on record. Membership has been dropping for decades.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    US regulators say Amazon workers in Staten Island can hold union vote

    January 27, 2022 // A group of Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island have been approved to hold a vote on whether to form a union, a federal regulator said.

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