The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions declined in 2019 by 0.2% from 2018 to 10.3%. In comparison, unions once stood at 20.1% in 1983, the first year for which data was made available.
Public-sector worker union rates (33.6%) eclipsed private-sector workers (6.2%) by five times, marking a historical low for private-sector unions.
Read the full Department of Labor News Release here.
