With help wanted signs at factories and businesses spreading across the nation, union workers are seizing the opportunity to try to recover some of the bargaining power — and financial security — they feel they lost in recent decades as unions shrank in size and influence.
September 7, 2021Ben Finley and Tom Krisher
Business, Equipment
UAW members strike outside the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin, Va., in June. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
Labor Shortage Leaves Union Workers Feeling More Emboldened
UAW members strike outside the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin, Va., in June. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)