As we head into our second Labor Day of the pandemic, we are releasing our annual State of Working Wisconsin report in a four part series this week.

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Dear friends,

As we head into our second Labor Day of the pandemic, we are releasing our annual State of Working Wisconsin report in a four part series this week. Today the focus is on unions: what role they play, and how the state's long history has been undermined by policy over the past decade.

Most notably:
* In the last decade, Wisconsin fell from above national unionization to well below it.
* Act 10 and decreasing public sector unionization explains much of Wisconsin’s disproportionate union decline.
* Union density has fallen rapidly in Wisconsin, and in most neighboring states, but in Minnesota, union density has actually increased over the decade.

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“When unions are strong, they raise labor standards not only in represented jobs, but throughout the economy.” said Laura Dresser, Associate Director. “Despite deunionization over the last half century, unions continue to support workers, improve wages in worksites and often in entire sectors, and support policy that helps workers, families, and communities thrive.”
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