America's workers gained power during Covid. A volatile economy will put that to the test

America's workers gained power during Covid. A volatile economy will put that to the test The pandemic shone a spotlight on the vast disparities in benefits and rights among America's workforce and helped to fuel a movement to unionize more workers. Alicia Wallace, CNN Business CNN

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In the last year, unions have been formed at big corporations such as Starbucks, Amazon, and Alphabet; union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board from October 2021 through March 2022 were up 57% from the same period a year before; and a September Gallup poll found that 68% of Americans surveyed were in favor of labor unions -- the highest level of approval since 1965...