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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Op-ed: 8 years after Janus, unions are still trying to keep workers in the dark

    July 6, 2026 // The National Education Association’s headquarters dues revenue fell from $370 million in fiscal 2017 to an inflation-adjusted $310 million five years later — a decline in real terms of about 16 percent. Nationally, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show public-sector union density slid from 33.9 percent in 2018 to 32.2 percent in 2024, before edging back up to 32.9 percent last year. States that gave workers more direct control over their own dues saw the effect even more clearly. After Florida ended government payroll deduction of union dues in 2023, the Florida Education Association lost more than 20,000 members in a single school year. When workers must actively choose to pay, rather than having dues quietly deducted by default, a meaningful share of them chooses not to.

    Aaron Withe AFSME Bureau of Labor Statistics Commonwealth Foundation condition of employement fines First Amendment Florida Florida Education Association Freedom Foundation government workers Hawaii HB 1575 Janus Janus v. AFSCME Kathy Hochul Letitia James NEA New York Oregon organized labor payroll deduction penalties personal contact information Public Employees SIU teachers union density union dues unions Washington

    News Article ● Labor

    Biden in Wilmington for labor talks

    March 7, 2022 //

    AFA AFGE AFL-CIO AFT ALPA Amalgamated Transit Union American Federal and Government Employees American Federation of Labor American Federation of Teachers Anthony Shelton Association of Flight Attendants-CWA ATU Augie Tellez BAC Bakery Confectionery and Tobacco Workers BCTGM Biden Bonnie Castillo Bricklayers Captain Joe DePete Chris Shelton Communications Workers of America CWA Delaware Donald Marcus Ed Kelly electrical workers Eric Dean Everett Kelley Executive Director Fred Redmond Fred Rolando Gabrielle Carteris Greg Regan Gwen Mills IAFF IAM IBEW IBT ILWU International Longshoremen Workers Union International Plate Printers Die Stampers and Engravers Union International Union of Operating Engineers Ironworkers. IW IUOE IUPAT James Callahan James Hart James Slevin Jerome Lafragola Jimmy Hoffa Jimmy Williams Jr. Joe Sellers John Costa labor union leaders Liz Shuler Lonnie Stephenson Marine Engineers Beneficial Association Marty Walsh Masters Mates MEBA Metal Trades Union MM&P Mrs. Biden NACTA NALC National Air Traffic Controllers National Association of Letter Carriers National Nurses Union NNU North America’s Building Trades Unions North American Building Trades Unions Office and Professional Employees OPEIU Painters and Allies Trades President President Biden Randi Weingarten Ray Curry Richard Lanigan Richard Santa Robert Martinez Robert Suplee Roland Rexha RWDSU SAG-AFTRA Sara Nelson Seafarers International Union Sean McGarvey Secretary-Treasurer Sheetmetal SIU SMART Stage Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Stuart Appelbaum Teamsters Teresa Romero Tim Driscoll Transpiration Trades Department Transportation Workers Union TTD TWU UAW UE UFW Unite Here United Auto Workers United Farm Workers Utility Workers William “Willie” Adams Wilmington