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January 24, 2026Dissent0 citations

Can Unions Strengthen Their Political Muscle?

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AHAlexander Hertel‐FernandezAYAlan Yan

Key Points

  • The central aim is to understand the voting behavior of union members and strategies for mobilization.
  • Analyzes voting patterns among union members during the Trump administration
  • Examines historical context of unions and their political influence
  • Identifies strategies for engaging members against political challenges
  • Notable portion of union members supported a candidate opposed to union interests
  • Unions face challenges in member mobilization amid rising authoritarianism
  • Heightened political engagement is necessary for sustaining union influence

Abstract

ABSTRACT: As the Trump administration has attacked pillar after pillar of civil society, including unions, two puzzles for the labor movement have grown in importance: Why did so many union members vote for a documented union buster? And what can unions do to sustain member mobilization against that union buster’s increasingly authoritarian regime?

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Hertel‐Fernandez et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/697461a8bb9d90c67120b90bhttps://doi.org/10.1353/dss.2026.a980260
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