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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Union Membership Rate Falls to 100-Year Low

New information from the federal government suggests workers’ interest in unions continues to fall, with union membership reaching its lowest rate in 100 years.

According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today, the union membership rate fell to 11.1 percent, with just 14.6 million wage and salaried workers maintaining membership.

In 2013, the union membership rate was 0.2 percentage points higher, at 11.3 percent.

The rate of union membership has been on a steady decline over the past three decades. It grew slightly from 12.1 percent in 2007 to 12.4 percent in 2008. During President Obama’s first year in office, however, it fell once more.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is how it works when people have the "option" of joining or NOT.

Anonymous said...

Unions used to be for the working man run by the working man. Not anymore! !! Government unions are another welfare program run by the government.

Anonymous said...

dittos 7:21