Our nation's labor unions saw declines in overall membership last year. This downturn was led by losses in the public sector in both state and local government. Union membership fell from 11.8% to 11.3%, the lowest level since the 1930's.
The total union membership fell almost 400,000 workers, to approximately 14.4 million members. More than half of the losses were seen in government jobs such as teachers, firefighters, and public administrators. But, unions also saw losses in the private sector, even as the economy expanded mildly.
Unions have steadily lost membership since the peak in the 1950's, when roughly 1 in 3 workers was in a union.
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