Today is Labor Day, and in a year in which the phrase “essential worker” has gained new meaning even as the routine lack of solidarity in the US has become more visible than ever, it seems appropriate to take stock of the state of the labor movement today.
The US does not do labor and unions well. Indeed, before proceeding, it is worth emphasizing that there is a big difference between “labor,” as in all working people, and “Labor” as in the union movement. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2019, 14.6 million people, or 10.3 percent of workers, were in unions, and even that number is only as high as it is because of 7.1 million public sector union members.
There are actually fewer union members today in the US than in 1945. At the same time though, even in the US, you can find islands of solidarity, if you look for them.
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