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<p>Journalist Hamilton Nolan tells <strong><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/franchise/the-new-abnormal">The New Abnormal</a></strong> that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/democratic-party">Democrats</a> have a unique opportunity to galvanize support in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/republicans">Republican</a>-held states by embracing the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/trade-union">trade union</a> movement and winning back votes from working families.</p>
<p>Nolan, who has written a book called <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hammer-Power-Inequality-Struggle-Labor-ebook/dp/B0C73TSYGX">The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor</a></em>, tells <strong>The New Abnormal’s</strong> co-host <strong>Andy Levy</strong> that the decline in support for Democrats in states like West Virginia can be linked to one key thing—a steep drop in union membership.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hamilton-nolan-tells-the-new-abnormal-that-strong-unions-could-help-democrats-defeat-republicans">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
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Journalist Hamilton Nolan tells The New Abnormal that Democrats have a unique opportunity to galvanize support in Republican-held states by embracing the trade union movement and winning back votes from working families.
Nolan, who has written a book called The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor, tells The New Abnormal’s co-host Andy Levy that the decline in support for Democrats in states like West Virginia can be linked to one key thing—a steep drop in union membership.
