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The Treasury Department has released a comprehensive report on the role of labor unions in the American economy, as part of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment led by Vice President Harris. The report highlights that unions help address middle-class challenges like stagnant wages, high housing costs, and reduced mobility, contributing to a stronger economy. Key findings include unions raising member wages by 10-15%, improving workplace benefits, and fostering civic engagement. Unions also reduce wage gaps and promote economic growth by reducing inequality. The Biden-Harris Administration supports unions and plans to advance their role through various actions, including passing the PRO Act and expanding the National Labor Relations Board’s funding and enforcement activities.

  • QTpi@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I was just talking with my union rep today about ideas to be working for with our next contract. This is job is the first time in my career that my role has been included in a union and I love it.

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      1 year ago

      I miss being union. Like I really don’t think people who’ve never had one really get just how nice it is to have a union rep. Any time there’s conflict with your boss you can pull in your witness who makes sure the rules are followed.

    • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I’m at my first union job too. Everything those anti-union propaganda videos say is bullshit. Crazy how I can still have a “direct working relationship” with my bosses without getting screwed over.

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        It’s amazing isn’t it? And if you’ve been somewhere that has been unionized for decades, so long that the culture is basically built-in at this point, there’s no need to worry about your superiors pulling some shady shit, they all know better and because of the culture, it isn’t ever even an option.

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          My employer has been unionized since World War II. There have been some supervisors who are anti-union, but those supervisors haven’t lasted very long. Unfortunately, I’m in a right to work state, but almost everybody who has been there long-term is in the union. I wanted to join as soon as I was eligible.

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        1 year ago

        Something I’ve realized: Its better to have a system that can be abused a little bit by a lot of people on the bottom of the hierarchy than a system that can be abused by a few people at the top a lot, even if the abuse is more visible to you.

        The shit they are doing without unions to check them is so much worse than anything I’ve ever heard of a union worker doing, unless you count police unions