Union Membership Hits Sixteen Year High Because Of Trump

from The Guardian reports that union membership in the United States climbed by about 500,000, bringing the total to 16.5 million people. That is the highest it's been since 2009.

The increase is due largely to the Trump regime attacking workers' rights, most notably threatening the collective bargaining rights of federal employees.

Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, explained as much in a lengthy thread on Bluesky, but the key points are in these three...