Harris wants 50% of US workforce unionized

Published February 7, 2022 9:33pm ET



The Biden administration, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, has embraced a new plan that would make Big Labor a key player in virtually every federal agency in a bid to revive fading labor unions, the Democratic Party’s favorite election partner.

In sharing the keys to the federal government with the AFL-CIO and other labor groups, a new report from Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said that boosting union membership to about 70 million, or more than half of the nation’s total, full-time, adult workforce, is the goal.

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