by sslifer | Feb 22, 2019 | Union Charts
February 22, 2019 Union membership declined considerably from 13.1% in 2000 to 10.5% in 2018 and the situation is showing no sign of turning around. Union membership has been on a steady decline since 1945 when roughly one-third of employed people belonged to...
by sslifer | Feb 22, 2019 | Union Charts
February 22, 2019 The overall rate of union membership has been declining for years and now stands at 10.5%. The unions are finding it increasingly more difficult to penetrate the private sector. As shown below, amongst private sector workers only 6.4% belonged to...
by sslifer | Feb 22, 2019 | Union Charts
February 22, 2017 At the very top of the list is Hawaii where 23.1% of its workers belonged to unions. Union membership in Hawaii s particularly strong among hospitality workers. It was closely followed by New York with 22.3%. The main story in N.Y. is the public...
by sslifer | Feb 22, 2019 | NumberNomics Notes, Union Charts
February 22, 2019 In 2018 14.7 million workers belonged to a union. Of those 7.1 million were in the public sector compared to 7.6 million in the private sector. However, the union membership rate for public sector works at 33.9% was substantially higher than the...
by sslifer | Feb 22, 2019 | Union Charts
February 22, 2019 Unions have been extremely successful in attracting higher wages and benefits for their members when compared to comparable earnings for non-union workers. In 2018 union members earned $1,099 per week which is 10% higher than the $999 earned by...
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