The four largest government unions have responded to bleeding membership by pushing for “aggressive” legislation to benefit them in order to offset declining influence, according to a new report.
The report, from the Commonwealth Foundation, found that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), National Education Association (NEA), and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have lost over 100,000 members since 2022. The losses have been driven in part by the landmark Supreme Court decision in 2018 in Janus vs AFSCME, which said unions cannot collect fees from non-unionized workers.
“What we’re seeing in states across the country is that the leaders of these unions are trying to counter these losses by engaging in aggressive organizing campaigns and aggressive campaigns to change laws,” Andrew Holman,…
