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White House Swells Federal Union Ranks—But at What Cost?

White House Swells Federal Union Ranks—But at What Cost?
Vice President Kamala Harris hosts the inaugural meeting of the Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington on May 13, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Nathan McGrath
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The number of federal employees belonging to a union jumped by 20 percent, or nearly 80,000 individuals, in just one year, according to data recently touted by the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. Don’t let the name fool you. As a rise in federal employees seeking legal representation shows, the task force has helped funnel these employees into a system that empowers union officials, not workers.
Nathan McGrath
Nathan McGrath
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Nathan J. McGrath is president and general counsel for The Fairness Center, a nonprofit public interest law firm representing those hurt by public-sector union officials.
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