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[https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/labor-union-democracy by Adam Dean Jamie McCallum 27/1/24 Common Dreams] | [https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/labor-union-democracy by Adam Dean Jamie McCallum 27/1/24 Common Dreams] | ||
On Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that the share of workers represented by unions was 11.2% in 2023, down slightly from 11.3% in 2022. This news of stagnation is especially sobering for the American labor movement because the past year was full of major victories and growing momentum. The UAW’s ‘stand up’ strike led to record contracts for autoworkers, graduate students around the country won union elections, and public support for labor unions reached near-record highs—especially among young Americans. | On Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that the share of workers represented by unions was 11.2% in 2023, down slightly from 11.3% in 2022. This news of stagnation is especially sobering for the American labor movement because the past year was full of major victories and growing momentum. The UAW’s ‘stand up’ strike led to record contracts for autoworkers, graduate students around the country won union elections, and public support for labor unions reached near-record highs—especially among young Americans. | ||
=====Rock, Economics and Rebuilding the Middle Class===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/rock-economics-and-rebuilding-the-middle-class by Simone Pathe 12/7/13 PBS NEWS] | |||
Alan Krueger, outgoing chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, spoke at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, last month about inequality in America and ways that the president’s economic policies are supposedly strengthening the middle class. | |||
