Unions Need to Join the 21st Century Economy

Unions Need to Join the 21st Century Economy

The old union model, built around protecting jobs, is less valuable to a modern workforce more open to change.

It is hard to be “the most pro-union president in American history,” as Joe Biden likes to claim , while also leading an effort to “reimagine and rebuild a new economy,” as he has also promised. That’s because these goals are fundamentally incompatible: America’s unions no longer fit the modern economy.

In fact, in many ways unions actually prevent the economy from evolving. The recently ended International Longshoremen’s Association strike is an illustration. The dockworkers went back to work after getting […]

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