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Union Membership in the US

Union Membership in the US. AFL-CIO. 13.5 million members (in 66 unions) 13.1% union density (16m members) Affiliates do Organizing and Bargaining. Union Members by Industry, 2001. Members as % of Wage & Salary Workers. Union Members (in thousands). Percentage of Union Membership.

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Union Membership in the US

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  1. Union Membership in the US

  2. AFL-CIO • 13.5 million members (in 66 unions) • 13.1% union density (16m members) • Affiliates do Organizing and Bargaining

  3. Union Members by Industry, 2001 Members as % of Wage & Salary Workers Union Members (in thousands) Percentage of Union Membership Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Earnings, January 2002.

  4. Decline in Density Union Density, 1930 - 2001 • 1955, 34% in unions in US • 2000, 13% in unions in US • Sharper decline in private sector 45% in 1955, 9% today • Canada holds steady Source: Bureau of the Census, Historical Studies of the United States, Colonial Times to l970; Bureau of Labor, Handbook of labor Statistics Bulletin 2070, December 1980; and Bureau of labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings,January, various years, 1983-2002.

  5. Why? • Complacency • Economic shift • Anti-union forces • Weak labor law

  6. No social dialogue No Works Councils Regulatory framework mandates worksite level bargaining Narrow scope of bargaining “mandatory issues” No social wage No industrial/sectoral jurisdictions Union shop Unlike Western Europe

  7. Weak Labor Law • National Railway Labor Act (1929) • National Labor Relations Act (1935) • Taft-Hartley (1947) • Landrum-Griffin (1959) • Public Sector (1961/state laws)

  8. Two Ways to Representation • Card Check – preferred method • NLRB Election

  9. Freedom of Association Violations • Reprisals for trying to organize • Inadequate remedies • Procedural delays • Undermining the right to strike

  10. Are dinosaurs Outside third party Are corrupt Take your money Violent Strikes Bad for business Force to move overseas Anti-union Messages

  11. Employer Abuse • $4 Billion Union Busting Industry • NLRB remedial orders 1950’s -- hundreds/year 1969 -- 6,000 orders 1990’s -- 20,000/year 1998 -- 24,000 orders

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