Unionized labor has shrunk as an overall percentage of the workforce. Young people are the future workforce. The future workforce is the future membership of union. This future workforce needs to be informed and educated about the importance of unions. Currently young people have limited opportunities to hear about worker rights and responsibilities, collective bargaining skills and unions.
Schools are an ideal forum for unions to become involved with young people.
Young people who are supportive of union goals are more likely to become union members and support union workplaces.