ABC reports that younger workers are giving labor unions reason for hope.

The percentage of workers ages 25-34 who are union members rose from 8.8% to 9.4% between 2019 and 2021, or around 68,000 workers, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In fact, workers in their 20s —— and even in their teens —— are leading unionization efforts in a wide variety of companies, including Starbucks, REI, cannabis dispensaries, and even Alphabet, the parent company of Google. In fact, the Alphabet Workers Union, formed in 2021 and representing 800 Google employees, is run by five people who are under 35.

One main reason for this is that young people have seen a lot of economic hardships. They lived through the great recession of 2009 and the pandemic, and economic insecurity is a very real fear.

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