Feds: make the public health threat priority #1 (#TestTraceIsolate & #MaskUp). Extend & expand economic relief to families, small biz, and state & local govts. Borrow!
States: public health & push employers to use Workshare programs that support reducing hours, not headcount.
UI default rules either give or undermine workers bargaining power to push employers to adapt workplaces towards safety. We all need workers to have more bargaining power now & the collapse in demand is undercutting that.
10% of America's abt 155 million employees belong to a union.
+1 percentage point a year requires +1.55 million net members if employment flat.
In 2022, union membership rose 273K, 6X smaller.
Estimated +273K from @BLS_gov worker survey. Reflects net hiring by union employers, priv (+193K) + public (+80K) sector, & new organizing inside & outside NLRB.
Abt 52K private sector workers voted to newly unionize in 2022, eyeballing @KevinReuning's NLRB data. 30X smaller.
@BLS_gov@KevinReuning The AFL-CIO's strategy aims to organize 1 million workers over 10 yrs, +100K/yr pace.
That's either 37% of the 2022 pace if it includes all change or less than 2X 2022's pace if newly unionized only.