Unions and Worker Power

This new report takes a deep look at the state of unions across sectors and demographic groups.

A new analysis of government data shows that union density was mostly steady in 2025 — with a drop in the fourth quarter that could be due to federal job cuts.

Republican lawmakers have introduced a suite of anti-labor bills that would make it harder for workers to build power — amounting to a coordinated attempt to break unions and stifle collective action.

Dean Baker interviews Laura Dresser, Associate Director of Wisconsin’s High Road Strategy Center, about the power of state and local policy to improve working people’s lives.

Billionaires exist because market rules are rigged to push money to the top, not just because they pay too little tax.

New research shows that Black workers who are represented by a union enjoy substantial benefits compared to their nonunion counterparts.

Union representation continues to be associated with wage and benefit premiums for Black workers, carrying forward the unfinished demands of the 1963 March on Washington.

A delegation of US Members of Congress and staff sponsored by P-PIP and co-coordinated with CEPR met with government officials and civil society organizations in Mexico City this week.

The Taft-Hartley Act, passed 78 years ago, crippled union power and organizing rights — a legacy that still hinders US workers today.

The ICE raids in Los Angeles and the arrest of a prominent union leader are tests for a labor movement that must stand up for all workers against an administration so openly hostile to the working class.