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    "name": "Union Membership Rate",
    "branded_name": "The Union Card",
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    "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Union Members",
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    "attribution": "American Default (americandefault.org) — Our analysis is free to use with attribution to American Default Research. Source data stays under each publisher's terms; cite the source named here."
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      "date": "1984-01-01",
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      "date": "1985-01-01",
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      "date": "1986-01-01",
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      "date": "1987-01-01",
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      "date": "1995-01-01",
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      "date": "1996-01-01",
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      "date": "1997-01-01",
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      "date": "1999-01-01",
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      "date": "2000-01-01",
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    {
      "date": "2001-01-01",
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      "date": "2002-01-01",
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      "date": "2003-01-01",
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      "date": "2004-01-01",
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      "date": "2005-01-01",
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      "date": "2012-01-01",
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      "date": "2013-01-01",
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      "date": "2014-01-01",
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      "date": "2015-01-01",
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      "date": "2016-01-01",
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      "date": "2017-01-01",
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      "date": "2018-01-01",
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      "date": "2019-01-01",
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      "date": "2020-01-01",
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      "date": "2021-01-01",
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      "date": "2022-01-01",
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      "date": "2023-01-01",
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      "date": "2024-01-01",
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      "date": "2025-01-01",
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