BLS Archives - nwLaborPress

Unemployment was down to 4.0% last month, almost back to 3.5%, where it was two years ago before the pandemic.

The year 2021 had twice as many large work stoppages as 2020, but still far fewer than in the teachers-union-led strike surge of 2018-2019.

Three of the top 10 are in construction.

Major work stoppages have declined over 95 percent since the 1940s.

Union membership fell to 10.7 percent of the U.S. workforce, and 6.4 percent in the private sector.

2014 had the second fewest strikes since the federal government began keeping records in 1947

Oregon ranks #7 nationally for union density

Washington is again the fourth-most union state, while Oregon drops to 12th

New York is the most unionized. Washington’s #4, Oregon #9.

Nationwide, 11.8% of U.S. workers are in a union, according to the latest BLS data.