This chart shows how union membership has declined over the years
President Joe Biden said in a Labor Day speech that he encourages unions. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the union membership rate has dropped from 20.1% in 1983. Gallup data for 2022 shows the highest share of Americans approve of labor unions since 1965. Loading Something is loading. President Joe Biden said in a…
Not your dad’s union: America’s labor movement pushed for student loan...
Over the past year, unions have been popping up at businesses like Amazon, Starbucks, and Chipotle. It's part of the seismic rethinking of work, and a turn toward increased worker power. With its mounting power, labor threw it's weight behind student-debt forgiveness — and it's not stopping there. Loading Something is loading. Americans are feeling…
Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress,...
Americans aren't feeling too great about, well, anything right now — except for organized labor. Every year, Gallup surveys Americans about their confidence in different institutions from public schools, to banks, to organized religion. This year, Gallup asked Americans about 16 "major institutions" throughout June. The results: They're not very confident in everything, with confidence overall…
