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Labor unions help protect the rights of workers and ensure they have a voice in company management. In 2019, 7.1 million employees in the public sector and 7.5 million workers in the private sector - or nearly 12% of all American workers - belonged to a union. Union membership has been declining for many years due to globalization and other factors. We now have the lowest percentage of unionized workers since the 1930s. Union membership has also suffered from the enactment of