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Why labor unions keep shrinking

by Meghan McCarty Carino Aug 22, 2019

It's not just the shift away from a manufacturing economy.

Labor union members protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed budget cuts in 2011.

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How to grow a union in an anti-union state

by Jana Kasperkevic Feb 26, 2018

In the South, where people are “ashamed to tell their neighbors that they are in a union,” one labor organization is turning things around.

Demonstrators rally in front of city hall in solidarity with union workers across the country on February 26, 2011 in New York City.

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Supreme Court to hear arguments on "fair-share" union dues

by Jana Kasperkevic Feb 23, 2018

Labor advocates have described this case as the biggest threat to labor unions in years

A police officer stands guard on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in June 2017.

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What does labor organizing look like for you?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff Aug 23, 2017

We want to hear your opinions about your rights as a worker.

Uber drivers protest company fare cuts in New York City in February 2016.

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Telemundo actors vote to unionize

by Sally Herships Mar 9, 2017

For the first time in 65 years, actors at a major TV network have held a union election. The actors? Stars of the wildly popular telenovelas airing on NBC Universal’s Telemundo network. The vote still needs to be certified, but…

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Missouri could soon join the ranks of right-to-work states

by Marketplace Contributor Jan 27, 2017

Right to work bars unions from requiring workers to pay dues as a condition of employment.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens makes his State of the State speech on Jan. 17. Greitens supports a right-to-work measure, which would bar unions and employers from requiring workers to pay dues.

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Decline in unions hurts nonunion workers' wages

by Gigi Douban Aug 30, 2016

The median pay for non-union men without a college degree is about 13 percent lower than in 1979.

Unionization has fallen since the late '70s.

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A fight over how quickly workers can unionize

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer Mar 5, 2015

The Senate voted to block a new rule that would speed up unionization votes.

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New York's most famous rat

by Tobin Low Jan 9, 2015

The inflatable eyesore that's also a trademarked bestseller.

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Autoworkers want to make up for long wage freeze

by Adam Allington Dec 10, 2014

Automakers' profits are up, in part because assembly-line wages are down.

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