Imagine if one-in-three private-sector workers belonged to a union.
What would wages, benefits, and working conditions look like if more workers had access to a union contract and the labor movement gained strength to beat back billionaires and big corporations? What would it mean for our economy and democracy? And what policy changes are necessary to enable more workers who wish they had a union to get one?
On Wednesday, July 15, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, the Economic Policy Institute hosted a virtual press conference with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to discuss new EPI research quantifying the economic, social, and democratic benefits of increasing union membership to 30%. Participants also shared a policy roadmap to boost union membership, including offering two new proposals to promote collective bargaining and grow union membership.
Later that day, authors of the new report, Director of Policy/General Counsel Celine McNicholas joined Deputy Director of EARN and Director of the State Worker Power Initiative Jennifer Sherer to charted the course, while Senior Economist Ben Zipperer broke down the numbers, in conversation with Executive Vice President Naomi Walker.
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