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Alan Draper holds the Michael W. Ranger '80 and Virginia R. Ranger P'17 Professorship in Government at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. His research interests include labor and the civil rights movement. He can be reached at: adraper@stlawu.edu
Donald Trump swept the Rust Belt in part because labor unions are in retreat, a trend that started long before Election Day.
