U.S. workers need sectoral bargaining now more than ever (opens in new tab)

Key takeaways: Overview U.S. union membership and coverage rates have declined for decades, fueled in part by legal barriers to new organizing, including the limiting of collective bargaining to specific workplaces or employers and misclassifying certain groups of workers so they legally cannot unionize. Indeed, worksite-level bargaining enshrined in U.S. labor law is important, but it lacks a dedicated mechanism to build solidarity within broad economic industries, siloing organizing campaig...