Friday, January 25, 2013

Feel Good Story of the Day: Union memberships are the lowest since the 1930's

Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy. 
Government figures released Wednesday showed union membership declined from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent of the workforce, another blow to a labor movement already stretched thin by battles in Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and other states to curb bargaining rights and weaken union clout. 
In Wisconsin, where a new state law stripped public sector unions of most of their power last year, union membership declined about 14 percent, and the state slipped below the national average for union membership, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read the rest of the story HERE. Here is an interactive map of Union membership by state:


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