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Eric Dirnbach

State of the U.S. Unions 2024

This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing?

8 min readFeb 22, 2024

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State of the U.S. Unions 2024

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Eric Dirnbach

Union Election Wins Rise as the Labor Movement May See a Tremendous Upsurge Next Year

Union elections wins at the NLRB increased during the last fiscal year and are likely to continue.

5 min readNov 1, 2023

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Union Election Wins Rise as the Labor Movement May See a Tremendous Upsurge Next Year

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Eric Dirnbach

Occupy Solidarity: The 99 Pickets Network in New York City

Activists formed a labor solidarity network in 2012 to bridge the Occupy and Labor communities in New York City. It ran for three years and…

12 min readJul 7, 2023

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Occupy Solidarity: The 99 Pickets Network in New York City

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Eric Dirnbach

The Class Struggle with Tommy and Gina

Bon Jovi’s hit “Livin’ on a Prayer” is an anthem about working class survival. But it also contains a deeper message about class struggle.

9 min readMar 23, 2023

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The Class Struggle with Tommy and Gina

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Eric Dirnbach

State of the U.S. Unions 2023

This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing?

11 min readFeb 24, 2023

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State of the U.S. Unions 2023

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Eric Dirnbach

If We’re in a Labor Upsurge, Unions Have to Act Like It

Some thoughts on how unions need to step up in an era of tremendous interest in organizing.

6 min readSep 27, 2022

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If We’re in a Labor Upsurge, Unions Have to Act Like It

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Eric Dirnbach

State of the U.S. Unions 2022

This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the labor movement doing?

8 min readFeb 23, 2022

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State of the U.S. Unions 2022

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Eric Dirnbach

Strategy Charts & Power Maps: A User Guide

I look at some useful tools to create strategies for labor organizing and other social movement campaigns. These tools ask us to think…

13 min readDec 18, 2021

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Strategy Charts & Power Maps: A User Guide

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Eric Dirnbach

This Complicated Union Chart Shows Almost Everything

Understanding what’s going on with unions, productivity and inequality in one cool chart!

5 min readSep 14, 2021

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This Complicated Union Chart Shows Almost Everything

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Eric Dirnbach

State of the U.S. Unions 2021

This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the labor movement doing?

8 min readFeb 19, 2021

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State of the U.S. Unions 2021

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Eric Dirnbach

Eric Dirnbach

Labor Movement Researcher, Activist, Campaigner, Organizer, Educator, Writer & Socialist, based in New York City. @EricDirnbach

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