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By the numbers: the state of labor unions in Nebraska, Iowa
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http://www.omaha.com/money/by-the-numbers-the-state-of-labor-unions-in-nebraska/article_2bd2914e-86ea-5f2d-b49a-152aadaf939a.html
KENT SIEVERS/THE WORLD-HERALD
The "Labor" exhibit by artist Matthew Placzek on the Omaha riverfront.
POSTED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 12:30 AM
By Cindy Gonzalez / World-Herald staff writer
End-of-summer cookouts, parades and weekend getaways aside, Labor Day historically is to celebrate organized labor and the American worker.
This holiday, Nebraska unions have more reason to toast than last year.
The Husker state gained labor union membership in 2013, even as Iowa lost membership and the nation as a whole remained the same.
Despite the Husker state’s growth, its proportion of union members still remained smaller than the national average.
FULL story at link.
Flood photos of the Labor exhibit by artist Matthew Placzek
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