The growth in union membership came from the technology and nonprofit sectors, as well as coffee shops.
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Two months later after getting enough worker signatures to force a vote, Baker and about 20 other employees formed a union. Texas is one of 26 so-called right-to-work states. Texas lawmakers first passed that law in 1993. The law allows for workers the option to not pay unions due and the right to work in a unionized workplace without being a part of the union itself. And more recently, the Republican controlled Legislature passed aAt the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Teamster President Sean O’Brien spoke to a crowd typically known for supporting pro-business policies.
“The very few Republicans who talk like JD Vance are in a Republican Party that's still overwhelmingly pro-corporate America,” Amberg said. “They're not in favor of unions. They're not going to lift a finger to help striking workers. “It's pretty hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube,” said Rick Levy, president of the Texas AFL-CIO.
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