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For the first time in American history, a majority of union members are government workers rather than private-sector employees, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday.
According to the labor bureau, 7.2 percent of private-sector workers were union members last year, down from 7.6 percent the previous year. That, labor historians said, was the lowest percentage of private-sector workers in unions since 1900.
Among government workers, union membership grew to 37.4 percent last year, from 36.8 percent in 2008.
Originally posted by Dogdish
Maybe something that isn't shown in theses stats are the abilities of corporations to "break" the unions in the private sector, often by paper transfers of ownerships.
This list of tactics has included (in my opinion) both NAFTA and the "Oil Crisis's.
These options aren't quite so easily implemented on government workers, who obviously never have to fear loss of jobs.
Originally posted by Unregistered
Good for them. I never hire Union members since they have too many demands. The lesser union applicants the HR department receives the better since some of them do pass through the screening process.
Originally posted by Unregistered
Good for them. I never hire Union members since they have too many demands. The lesser union applicants the HR department receives the better since some of them do pass through the screening process.