A recent poll found 64% of Americans approve of unions, close to a 50-year high
headlines, America’s unions appear stuck in time. Consider one of the biggest, the United Auto Workers . Its 400,000-odd members include nearly 150,000 who work at Detroit’s “big three” carmakers—’s boss, Gary Jones, was busy this week hammering out a four-year labour contract for them, starting atYet he is likely to feel distracted. Mr Jones has endured intense scrutiny since federal investigators in late August raided his home, those of former bosses and a union resort in Michigan.
Politics may be shifting attitudes, too. Donald Trump won votes of 43% of union households in 2016, a historically high share that was only slightly behind Hillary Clinton’s 51%, poor for a Democrat. This year Democratic candidates—not just the leftiest ones—are falling over each other to praise unions and labour rights such as paid parental leave, sick days and holidays.
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