Workers vote with their feet as union membership rate drops

Written by AmeriPAC National on January 21, 2011, 04:01 PM

DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH

Today the Labor Department reported that in 2010 the union membership rate fell by four tenths of a percentage point, from 12.3 percent to 11.9 percent of wage and salary workers. Both private- and public-sector union membership rates declined.

Among private-sector workers, the rate fell from 7.2 percent to 6.9 percent, continuing a long-term trend. Public-sector unionization, declining from 37.4 percent to 36.2 percent, bucked a prior trend of rising government-sector union membership.

Tell Republican House Members To Save Our Republic!
YES, I want to help DEMAND that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives govern constitutionally and responsibly! I want to see America go back to the values and principles our Founding Fathers envisioned: individual liberties, limited government, and free market economics. I expect the 112th Congress to conduct business in a way that is constitutional, transparent and responsible to United States citizens. Select Here

Read More: THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Blog Comments

No Entries

New Comment

Sign Up For Our Email Alerts:

Email:
Full Name

AmeriPAC Bookstore

Use arrows to scroll through
Click cover for more information

AmeriPAC.org (American Political Action Committee) on Facebook