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How organized labor can reverse decades of decline

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University

Collective bargaining has long been one of organized labor’s most attractive selling points.

In its simplest form, collective bargaining involves an organized body of employees negotiating wages and other conditions of employment. In other words, unions are saying: Join us, and we’ll bargain with your boss for better pay.

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