John Schmitt on struggling unions and the promise of a new era Story Transcript MATTHEW PALEVSKY, JOURNALIST: SEIU, with nearly 2 million members, is one of the largest unions in the United States. But SEIU, along with most unions in America, could be facing difficult times. Not only has union membership been declining steadily for […]
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John Schmitt is a senior economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He has written extensively on economic inequality, unemployment, the new economy, the welfare state, and other topics for both academic and popular audiences. He received an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics.
