Support for Unions Hits Six Decade High

May 21, 2025

The Economic Policy Institute just published an analysis of new data finding that Americans are more likely to side with labor over business than at any point since 1964, when the data first started being collected. But, the analysis notes, “the rise in public sympathy has not yet translated into a higher share of workers forming unions.”
On Tuesday, an Obama-appointed federal judge struck down Oregon’s voter-approved requirement for the cannabis industry to enter into labor peace agreements. Not good!
The Building Trades are winning green union jobs in the construction industry, even as Trump takes on climate funding and union rights.
About 3,000 striking Pratt & Whitney workers in Connecticut, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, are heading back to the bargaining table.
55,000 Canada Post workers are set to strike on Friday for the second time in the past six months. Contract negotiations are ongoing.
About 300 striking hospital workers took their picket to the Rhode Island State House on Tuesday.
85 UAW strikers at Cummins in Wisconsin rejected the company’s latest offer and are remaining on the picket line. They’re opposing efforts by the company to expand the use of temporary workers and increase Saturday work, among other proposals.
A George W. Bush-appointed federal judge just rejected Trump’s attempts to cancel the Treasury Department’s collective bargaining agreement with IRS staff.