Posts tagged Sen. Marco Rubio

    News Article ● Unions

    AFL-CIO leader braces for GOP takeover of Congress

    September 2, 2022 // The AFL-CIO has its sights set on gaining one million new members over the next decade, or 100,000 per year. It currently boasts a membership of more than 12.5 million workers, down from its all-time high of nearly 20 million in 1979. Overall, far fewer workers are a member of a labor union. The membership rate declined in 2021 to 10.3%, offsetting the previous year’s gains, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    Opinion: A new GOP bill would give workers an alternative to unions. Republicans should get behind it.

    February 4, 2022 // The proposal — called the Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act, or Team Act — aims to address one of the major problems with the modern U.S. economy: the lack of employee voice within a business.

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