Public feeling towards labor unions is more positive than in any year on record back over half a century, @electionstudies.
Public feeling towards big business is more negative than in any year on record.
The gap is bigger than any year on record.
The representation gap -- the difference between the share of workers who want a union & share who have one -- has been growing. Best evidence @TomKochan@_elkelly@ILRReview.
898K Americans filed new regular state + PUA claims for unemployment insurance in the week ending 3/20, down 13% from prior week.
Tho this is still a very high level historically, it's the lowest since 51 weeks ago when we experienced a record-smashing claims spike to 3.3m.
The share of adults employed is lifting off & workers' expectations about the labor market continues its rapid improvement, per new evidence @uscensusbureau#householdpulsesurvey.