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  • BLS: Union density 10.3 percent last year. AFL-CIO: Not the whole story

    WASHINGTON—Union density nationwide was 10.3% last year, an annual report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. But the AFL-CIO retorts that’s not the whole story.

    That’s because the numbers belie the activism, success in community-backed strikes, the record numbers of unionists elected to public office – from governors on down to school boards and city councils – and legislative successes, too, the federation contended.

    And the fed forecast another win, when the U.S. House plans to consider and vote on the Protect the Right to Organize (Pro) Act, the most-comprehensive and pro-worker labor law reform legislation in decades. The vote will occur before the congressional President’s Day recess in mid-February.

    Based on a Current Population Survey sample of 60,000 households nationwide, BLS calculated the U.S. had 14.574 million union members last year, down 170,000 (0.2%) from 2018. BLS said it is 90%+ confident its numbers are as accurate as they would be if it tallied unionists in every U.S. household.

    Unions also represented another 1.61 million non-members, a number virtually unchanged from 2018. They’re the “free riders” who pay agency fees in non-right to work states – and nothing at all for union services in RTW states.
    https://www.peoplesworld.org/article...e-whole-story/
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