Die Zukunft der Arbeit der Angestellten kann gewerkschaftlich organisiert werden – Anwaltskanzleien, Banken und Technologieunternehmen sehen einen Anstieg der Mitarbeiter, die sich für die Organisation entscheiden.

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In 2024, [a record-low 9.9 percent](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf) of U.S. workers were members of a union, according to the Labor Department, but interest is soaring. An [August Gallup poll](https://news.gallup.com/poll/694472/labor-union-approval-relatively-steady.aspx) found that nearly 70 percent of Americans approve of organized labor, and last year, unions filed [twice as many](https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/union-petitions-filed-with-nlrb-double-since-fy-2021-up-27-since-fy-2023) petitions seeking elections compared to 2021, according to federal data. With layoffs and automation eroding the stability traditionally associated with knowledge jobs, the future of white-collar work might include some tried and tested ways to protect one’s job.

“The introduction of new technologies has eroded both pay and prestige of these jobs, and I think that’s making workers feel that the kind of career path that might have been available to the generation before them is starting to seem less accessible,” says Joseph McCartin, a labor historian at Georgetown University.

White-collar workers are fueling some of that interest, and union drives could become more common in the coming years for professional workers in high-earning sectors, McCartin says.

One factor is declining job security in white-collar industries, a trend particularly apparent to tech employees. Since 2020, tech companies have unleashed rounds of [mass layoffs](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/06/layoff-numbers/), inspiring calls for worker protections across the industry. In 2020, employees at Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform, formed the first union at a major U.S. tech company. The union helped secure layoff terms significantly above the industry average at the time, including up to six months of health care and severance, according to Dannel Jurado, a senior engineer at Kickstarter and union organizer.