Union rebound? AFL-CIO’s Shuler sees promise, long road ahead.
by Mark Trumbull
Sep 01, 2022
3 minutes
A newly released poll heading into Labor Day weekend shows a near-record 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, up from 64% just before the pandemic. Yet that Gallup poll stands in contrast to some raw math: Just 1 in 10 workers on U.S. payrolls are union members, half the level seen four decades ago.
Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO labor federation, wants to bridge that gap – starting by adding a million new people to union ranks over the next 10 years.
As she spoke at a Monitor Breakfast for
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