The State of the Unions

Predictably terrible! The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its annual report on union density. And who knows, maybe for the last time as the Trump administration continues its war on information. Anyway, the Center for Economic Policy and Research put together a report summarizing it. And union density continues to decline, sometimes by up to 2 percent in some states. Obama’s labor record as far as within the Department of Labor was pretty solid, but all of that meant nearly nothing for actually organizing unions. But hey, Trump named a new NLRB chair and I’m sure that will help!