Robert Esparza has had a front-row seat to the decline of unions in Texas. Forty-one years later the union only has 350 members, who get about 10 percent of the work – non-union workers, many working for a fraction of what unionized ironworkers get, are taking the rest. “We’re kind of like a secret, really, nobody knows too much about us,” says Mr. Esparza, who is now the business manager and financial secretary-treasurer for Local 66.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-case-lead-post-union-america-221005381.html

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