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Union density
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Union membership down again in 2024
The U.S. union membership rate is now 9.9%, and just 5.9% for private sector workers, according to the latest annual BLS report.
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U.S. union membership hits new low: 10.0%
That’s down just a hair from 2022, when it was 10.1% according to the most recent annual report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Union membership continues fall as percentage of U.S. workforce
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 10.1% of U.S. workers were union members in 2022, the lowest level on record.
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Unions drop back to 10.3% of workforce
Last year’s jump in the percentage of workers who are union-represented appears to have been related to COVID.
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Unions in 2020: membership is down, but share of workforce is up
Union members continue to out-earn nonunion workers—19.4% more, on average. And Oregon now ties with California as the 7th most unionized.
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Union membership continues decline
Union membership dropped in 2019 to 14,574,000, down 170,000 (0.2%) from 2018, according to the latest annual report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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The latest figures on union membership
The latest BLS report shows Washington as the nation's third most-unionized, while Oregon is tied for #11.
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Union membership rates held steady in 2017
10.7 percent of American workers are union members.
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Annual survey records further union membership declines
Union membership fell to 10.7 percent of the U.S. workforce, and 6.4 percent in the private sector.
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Union membership slips in Oregon, grows in Washington
In Wisconsin, union membership takes a tumble.
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Union percentage lowest-ever nationally: 11.1 percent
Oregon ranks #7 nationally for union density
National
Union numbers held steady in 2013
Washington is again the fourth-most union state, while Oregon drops to 12th
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Union members down to 11.3 percent of U.S. workforce
New York is the most unionized. Washington's #4, Oregon #9.
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Union numbers are up in Oregon
Nationwide, 11.8% of U.S. workers are in a union, according to the latest BLS data.
