Editorial | Shrinking unions still wield considerable power – News-Gazette

Just as the UAW has shrunk, so, too, have other industrial unions that represent other once-vibrant manufacturers whose businesses have changed as time passed. That’s why it was odd when the U.S. Department of Labor recently released a cheerleading — and misleading — press release touting increases in unionization to the tune of “139,000 more union members in 2023 than in 2022.”