We're Making Progress.

[Sgt Staples]

Since the welder's union tried to put me out of business, this is good to see.

Union Membership Rate Falls to 100-Year Low


New information from the federal government suggests workers’ interest in unions continues to fall, with union membership reaching its lowest rate in 100 years.
According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today, the union membership rate fell to 11.1 percent, with just 14.6 million wage and salaried workers maintaining membership.

In 2013, the union membership rate was 0.2 percentage points higher, at 11.3 percent.
The rate of union membership has been on a steady decline over the past three decades. It grew slightly from 12.1 percent in 2007 to 12.4 percent in 2008. During President Obama’s first year in office, however, it fell once more.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of union membership for public-sector workers last year was 35.7 percent, compared to just 6.6 percent for the private sector.

http://dailysignal.com/2015/01/23/union-membership-rate-falls-100-year-low/

 

[Caroljo]

Michigan is now a Right to Work state...it has been since I think 2012. I haven't really kept up on this though to know how that's working so far. I was glad though to see that pass...everyone should have the right to choose if they want to be in a union or not. I think this makes the Unions work a little harder also to prove to people that they need them. The union we have at the company I work for (I'm in the office so not in the union....but my husband is in the union there) is worthless.

 

[Bo-4]

Since the welder's union tried to put me out of business, this is good to see.

Union Membership Rate Falls to 100-Year Low

New information from the federal government suggests workers’ interest in unions continues to fall, with union membership reaching its lowest rate in 100 years.
According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today, the union membership rate fell to 11.1 percent, with just 14.6 million wage and salaried workers maintaining membership.

In 2013, the union membership rate was 0.2 percentage points higher, at 11.3 percent.
The rate of union membership has been on a steady decline over the past three decades. It grew slightly from 12.1 percent in 2007 to 12.4 percent in 2008. During President Obama’s first year in office, however, it fell once more.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of union membership for public-sector workers last year was 35.7 percent, compared to just 6.6 percent for the private sector.

http://dailysignal.com/2015/01/23/union-membership-rate-falls-100-year-low/

Elect Scott Walker president. He'll kill the rest of them off.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Unions won't completely die away, but they'll also likely never be as proliferate as they once were. There are a lot of factors at work their, including a global economy that in many instances eliminates a monopoly on labor.

 

[as seen on tv]

most union members these days work for federal state county or municipal governments.

they need protection from management, which doesn't have ANYONES best interests at heart

 

[Colorforms]

Elect Scott Walker president. He'll kill the rest of them off.

*fingers crossed*

 

[Sgt Staples]

most union members these days work for federal state county or municipal governments.

they need protection from management, which doesn't have ANYONES best interests at heart

A good worker is worth his weight in gold. Unions protect poor workers and bring everyone down to the lowest common denominator. The NEA, for example, is destroying education.