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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Dunc

(78 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:39 AM 13 hrs ago

Union membership is growing.

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/02/union-membership-hits-sixteen-year-high

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Union membership is growing. (Original Post) Dunc 13 hrs ago OP

Unions are the only institution in this country that was created to represent working people. Midnight Writer 6 hrs ago #1

Midnight Writer

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1. Unions are the only institution in this country that was created to represent working people.

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Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:02 PM

6 hrs ago

Banding together into unions is the only defense working folks have against rapacious, malevolent billionaires and corporations.

My advice to young people: If you have a choice between a union job and a non-union job, take the union job.

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