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Americans Agree on One Thing: Unions Matter

Posted On: Sep 23, 2019

Sept. 23, 2019 | COMMENTARY | Once, as a striking union member, I put a sign on my 10-pound Yorkshire terrier that read: Only dogs should accept bones. Walking that picket line with no paycheck coming was scary, and yet it was one of the most empowering things I’ve ever done. The union mattered then, and it does now. In collective bargaining, there is power… The Washington Post