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Union workers protest outside the NYC Starbucks Reserve Roastery.
Union workers protest outside the NYC Starbucks Reserve Roastery. Photo by Jules Roscoe

Unions: Why were there so many of them last year?

There was a massive surge in unionizations in 2022. Data released by the NLRB showed that election petitions were generally up over 50% compared to the year before—that’s a sharp spike. And there are a lot of factors that contributed to it.

Listen to three experts—a labor historian, a corporate lawyer, and a unionized worker—to discover what was driving the increase. It’s more complicated than you might think.

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