“Five Things the New BLS Union Membership Statistics Don’t Tell You” – Associate Director Lane Windham for In These Times Magazine

America’s labor movement has been going through a transition over the last decade that is far more layered and nuanced — and that holds more potential for future growth — than the BLS annual membership survey reveals. There is new experimentation, organizing, leadership and energy that heralds real hope. For clues on labor’s future, we should look beyond the lagging indicator of the BLS union membership numbers to the front lines, in workplaces and in the streets.

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