The US is the only advanced democracy without a Labor Party

Evidence

In Iceland, 90 percent of wage and salaried workers belong to trade unions authorized to fight for living wages and fair working conditions. In Italy, 34 percent of workers are unionized, as are 26 percent of Canadian workers. But only 10 percent of American wage and salaried workers carry union cards. The United States remains the sole advanced democracy missing a Labor Party, one dedicated, at least in original conception, to representing the interests of the working classes. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 584

Categorization

• QUESTION: Is ‘sole advanced democracy missing a Labor Party’ strictly accurate, or does it depend on how ‘Labor Party’ is defined? Methodological caution worth chasing.
• SHARE: A concrete striking statistic (10% US unionization vs. 90% Iceland) worth sending to anyone who follows organized labor.
• XREF: connects to: Even the United States falls short of full democratic protection — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 528