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Fearful of bad PR, left-leaning groups are rushing to embrace staff unions and boost salary floors — while upending some longstanding D.C. assumptions about paying your dues.

Unions eye Brookings, Urban Institute as push to organize think tanks grows POLITICO 3 days ago By Rebecca Rainey © Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo Efforts are being made to unionize two of the most influential think tanks in Washington, D.C. Workers at two of the largest, most influential think tanks in Washington, D.C. are forming a union, adding to a growing trend in white-collar collective bargaining. Staff at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute on Tues...