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Topic: Union membership in the
U.S. continues its long decline |
Union membership in the
U.S. continues its long decline
Los Angeles Times, by Alana Semuels
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 1/23/2013 11:56:47 AM
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| New York — Union membership is continuing to shrink throughout the country, even as companies add jobs in one-time union strongholds such as Michigan. Union membership fell to 11.3% of wage and salary workers last year, down from 11.8% the year before, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said today. In 1981, 20.1% of wage and salary workers were unionized. The latest numbers, while not a surprise, are the result of both political maneuvering and corporate negotiations. Both Michigan and Indiana became right-to-work states over the last year, meaning unions cannot require members to pay dues as a condition of employment.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
billp, 1/23/2013 12:00:09 PM (No. 9134340)
Well, at least there is some good news today.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Cat Ballou, 1/23/2013 12:12:20 PM (No. 9134383)
As long as the unions have the ear of Washington it won´t matter if they have a dozen members, they will still have the power & money.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
lydwho, 1/23/2013 12:14:03 PM (No. 9134390)
What must be stopped is the membership in public service unions. They are more corrupt than the old days of Al Capone!!!!
Art
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Wetlandz, 1/23/2013 12:23:53 PM (No. 9134413)
Boo hoo for the union bosses
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
belwhatter, 1/23/2013 12:35:46 PM (No. 9134439)
Time to close down public employee unions - they are nonsensical.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Kurto, 1/23/2013 1:21:32 PM (No. 9134560)
When union membership is ZERO, then America will be much better off.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
comstock, 1/23/2013 2:17:24 PM (No. 9134663)
I read last week that 80% of the manufacturing jobs lost in the last decade were union jobs.
Watch for Obozo to do everything he can to bolster private sector unions, including naming that thug Hoffa as Sec of Labor. If the House Republicans had any nuggets they would defund the NLRB and rescind Kennedy´s EO allowing unions in the Federal Government.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
paulfromTexas, 1/23/2013 2:19:34 PM (No. 9134667)
Let´s hope they hurry up about it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Hybernicus, 1/23/2013 2:32:37 PM (No. 9134700)
If government is responsible enough to treat me fairly, it is responsible enought to treat its own employees fairly. Therefore, public sector unions are not necessary and should be eliminated.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bob913, 1/23/2013 3:17:17 PM (No. 9134802)
Drudge headlines
UNIONS SUFFER STEEP DECLINE IN MEMBERSHIP...
More losses in four years under Obama than eight years under Bush...
My first job was at a union shop. It made me despise unions. Teamster affiliated. You could do nothing extra without permission and others complaining and knifing you in the back for stepping out of line.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
rustycfc, 1/23/2013 3:43:45 PM (No. 9134841)
now is the time to pass the right to work for the other states
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
KTWO, 1/23/2013 6:19:09 PM (No. 9135133)
Good article. The key # is 6.4% of private jobs are union. The public employees % is much higher.
And union workers tend to be older. They will retire and the union % should fall.
Advocating that citizens and taxpayers have a duty to loyally support their governments but public employees can organize to demand more from the same governments is hard to support. Unless you are a public employee.
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