Union membership falls to record low of 10.3 percent

[Elderberry]

The Hill By Niv Elis - 01/22/20

The percentage of salaried workers in labor unions fell 0.2 points in 2019 to a record low of 10.3 percent, almost half the 20.3 percent rate in 1983 and a 2-point drop from a decade earlier, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Wednesday.

Membership in unions, a key base of support for Democrats, remained significantly higher in the public sector, where local unions for police, teachers and firefighters helped push rates up to 33.6 percent, compared with just 6.2 percent in the private sector.

With $1,095 in median weekly earnings, union workers out-earned nonunion workers' median $892 salaries by 22.7 percent.

More: https://thehill.com/policy/finance/479400-union-membership-falls-to-record-low-of-103-percent

[mountaineer]

With $1,095 in median weekly earnings, union workers out-earned nonunion workers' median $892 salaries by 22.7 percent.

And fork over the difference to their corrupt union officials.

[jmyrlefuller]

Membership in unions, a key base of support for Democrats, remained significantly higher in the public sector, where local unions for police, teachers and firefighters helped push rates up to 33.6 percent, compared with just 6.2 percent in the private sector.

Five times the rate of union membership, public vs. private.

In other words, you'll have a very hard time unionizing against a corporation that has a bottom line to protect, but will find it much easier to unionize against taxpayers and force them, many of whom are even poorer than the workers, to pay your salaries.

What a sick world this is.