"Strong worker representation can make America stronger. Unfortunately, our nation’s Great Depression–era labor laws no longer provide an effective framework, many unions have become unresponsive to workers’ needs and some outright corrupt, and membership has fallen to just 6 percent of the private-sector workforce." These excerpts from a letter published on 07 September - US Labor Day could well have been penned by Alexandria Ocazio Cortez - AOC, the New York elected member the House of Representatives, and figurehead of the left wing of the Democratic Party. Yet the letter was in fact authored by a small minority within the Republican Party that is daring to openly lament a weakening in trade unionship and trade unions, and in it the group pleads for substantive reform that would give a seat at the collective bargaining table back to workers' organizations.
Running counter to the Republican majority’s way of thinking, these reflections are being led by Oren Cass, director of the American Compass think tank, and former adviser to the unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Oren Cass has brought other conservatives on-board with the cause including Senators Marco Rubio (Florida) and Josh Hawley (Missouri). Former Attorney General Jeff Session is also among the group of signatories, alongside several other think tank representati
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