Unions in the US have responded to the hostile organizing environment by targeting smaller shops in more peripheral industries. To actually grow the labor movement, however, they will need to organize large units in the economy’s fast-growing sectors.

Last year, US unions cautiously celebrated a turnaround in their organizing fortunes. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election win rates had reached 79 percent, and the number of workers organized for the year approached one hundred thousand, the highest number since 2009.

Yet these gains masked a harsher reality for labor, even before the disastrous 2024 elections. For the labor movement to grow, it needs to organize millions of workers each year, not one hundred thousand. Organizing continues to lag in fast-growing, low-density sect

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