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The Economics and Politics of the Pro-Union Protecting the Right to Organize Act

The Economics and Politics of the Pro-Union Protecting the Right to Organize Act
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, speaks during a press conference in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill on Feb. 5, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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For many decades now, the percentage of private-sector American workers who belong to a labor union has been declining.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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