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Forging a new and important social contract to bring the resources of our government, labor and management together is critical now when businesses are failing, unemployment is soaring due to the COVID pandemic and our health-care systems are struggling. This would be a very practical way for President Joe Biden to include unions in critical work to rebuild our economy and to get Americans back to work.
Although seen at times as obstructionist, unions have been in fact crucial players in improving our economy during times of economic crisis. During World War II, our production capacity to manufacture airplanes and tanks was slow and inadequate, threatening our security. Walter Reuther, a member of the United Auto Workers Union, developed a plan along with his co-workers to convert idle car plants to factories manufacturing 500 planes a day. In a matter of weeks after proposing this plan to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR agreed to implement it.
The nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, declared on March 6 by filing the official paperwork that they were ready to vote on the prospect of joining a national union. At the time, they were motivated by the desire for more nurses and support staff, and to have a voice in hospital decisions.
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