Our unions do a large amount of organizing in parts of the economy that historically and recently are places where people of color and immigrant workers have found jobs. Some of them are entry-level jobs. Throughout history immigrants have found work as janitors, and our unions have helped them raise families, send their kids to college, and that's been the American dream.

Andy Stern

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At the end of the day, is it really going to matter for an economy of our size?

At the end of the day, I think the economy really isn't fragile at all.

For the most part, we are still a service economy. But I see a lot of new businesses with a need for higher skills moving into the market, and I think that will naturally spill over into other applications and create more need for skilled workers.

I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.

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