Change is never easy, and the status quo will always have powerful support. But workers are already experiencing drastic transitions, and everyone—unions included—should be empowered to keep up.
Members of Writers of America East and SAG-AFTRA hold signs while walking a picket line in solidarity with writers on children and family Shows outside of NBCUniversal on Aug. 29, in New York City.Two key changes can unlock the future of an innovative and worker-centric labor movement. First, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 should be updated to promote a more diverse union landscape in which workers can choose the one that best serves them.
The exclusive representation clause in the NLRA is at the heart of the challenge to modernize unions for the 21century workforce. The law provides government-granted monopoly status to a union supported by 51 percent of an employer's workers, giving it the sole authority to negotiate. This means that if some workers want a different union—for example a newer one that might raise the bar in terms of what it can offer—they are out of luck.
What's more, in a large majority of cases, all workers—even nonunion members—are required to pay dues to that one union. That's because unions are also mandated to represent all workers in a bargaining unit, another archaic feature that should be reformed. Finally, the NLRA prohibitsformal cooperation between workers and the employer that is outside of the government-granted monopoly union, thereby banning other mechanisms to enhance a worker's voice.
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