American unions’ members are down, but their finances are through the roof. The labor movement can’t rebuild its dismally low membership unless unions start spending their resources on aggressive new organizing campaigns.| jacobin.com
Data on Organizing, Strikes, Union Finances, and Governance| radishresearch.substack.com
Our Project| striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu
Finance Unionism is alive and well, but the UAW is showing the path forward| radishresearch.substack.com
From the UAW to the Writers Guild, this year’s biggest contract victories have been won by unions in which members directly elect their leaders. That’s a right denied to most US union members — but it may be the key to unleashing broader labor militancy.| jacobin.com
Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions. Although similar to last year's 68%, approval is up from 64% before the pandemic.| Gallup.com