Unions
9.9 percent: what the union membership numbers hide
Membership eased to 9.9 percent in 2024 even as election wins surged, and the gap between flow and stock explains it.
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Unions
Unions covers the labor movement itself: organizing drives, election petitions, bargaining tables, strike deadlines and union governance filings. Reporting follows a campaign from card drive to first contract, with the numbers and the filings behind each step.
Organizing drives, representation elections, contract bargaining, strikes and the internal governance of unions, from locals to internationals.
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Can workers strike over safety? The two statutes that answer
The NLRA protects concerted safety action and OSHA protects good-faith refusals of dangerous work; the two protections are not the same.
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How to read a union's LM-2 financial filing
Most unions file line-item financial reports with the Labor Department, and anyone can read them free online.
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How a union representation election actually works
From 30 percent card support to a certified bargaining order, the board's election process step by step.
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Can public employees be required to pay union fees?
Janus ended mandatory agency fees for government workers in 2018; private-sector workers still face a different fee regime.
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A full labor board returns in 2026 with a new majority
After a 2025 quorum crisis, a Republican-appointed NLRB majority takes the docket into 2026.