Union Rates Increase in 2007 (barely)

by E Wayne Ross on January 25, 2008

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Union Rates Increase in 2007

For the first time in the past quarter of a century, in 2007 U.S. unions increased their share of membership among workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) annual union membership report released today. Unions added about 310,000 members last year, raising the unionized share of the workforce to 12.1 percent from 12.0 percent in 2006.