WASHINGTON , Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo will join labor leaders on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. for a National Press Club Headliners panel to discuss the state of union organizing in the United States. Abruzzo will be joined by Brian Petruska , general counsel of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition, and Jon Schleuss , international president of The NewsGuild-CWA.
Register to attend here: press.org/events/npc-headliners-labor-leaders-panel
The panel will discuss some of the legal challenges to the National Labor Relations Act of 1937 and the state of union membership today. A survey by Gallup published in August 2024 found that 70% of Americans approve of labor unions, yet just 10 percent of wage and salary workers, or 14.4 million workers, belonged to unions in 2023, down from 20% in 1983, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
If you wish to attend the event, registration is required. To submit a question in advance for the panelists, put LABOR in the subject line and email to headliners@press.org . The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 9 a.m. on the day of the event.
The National Press Club is located on the 13th Floor of the National Press Building at 529 14th St., NW, Washington , D.C.
PRESS CONTACT: Cecily Scott Martin for the National Press Club; cscottmartin@press.org ; (202) 662-7525
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