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Thursday, October 15, 2026

The Employee Rights Act Puts American Workers, Not Union Bosses, in the Driver’s Seat - National Review

The Republican bill is jam-packed with provisions that protect worker freedom and choice in the workplace.

Labor laws were originally enacted to protect workers from their employers. Soon the laws shifted during the New Deal to force more workers to pay union dues. That cash was then redirected into the political structures of the Democratic Party.

It worked well for a while. In 1954, fully 34.8 percent of American workers were paying union dues. But workers noticed that their interests came second, or third, to the goals of union bosses and Democratic precinct workers. Workers avoided unions. Left them. And by 2021, only 10.3 percent of total workers belonged to a union -- 33.9 percent of government workers and only ...



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