By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
Labor Day arrives this year with organized labor showing signs of growth — but not everywhere.
Union membership increased by more than 400,000 workers last year, the biggest annual gain since 2008. But new research finds a striking divide between states that protect collective bargaining and those with right-to-work laws.
Kevin Hardy looks at what’s driving that growth, the political forces working against it and why where a worker lives increasingly matters.
(Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury).
by Kevin Hardy
Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states.
(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)
COMMENTARY
by Jason Hancock
Missouri Republicans blame the court for a redistricting mess they had months to prevent, after Denny Hoskins waited until the final day to make his decision.
(Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)
by Sofia Resnick
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Louisiana’s arguments for tightening federal policy around a common abortion and miscarriage drug this week.
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