Public-sector workers, like police and teachers, accounted for the highest unionization rates in 2022, at 33%. Just 6% of private-sector workers were unionized.
FILE: Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election, Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. The apparent dip in union membership came even amid a wave of unionization efforts at major Fortune 500 companies. In the first six months of the 2022 fiscal year, the number of union representation petitions filed increased 57%, according to data from the National Labor Relations Board. doesn’t capture "the surge in worker organizing across every sector, from teaching assistants to barista to museum workers, construction workers, video game developers and many more.
"With the resurgence of union organizing and unprecedented federal investment in job creation, the labor movement is poised to grow significantly in the coming years," AFL-CIO said. Meanwhile, support for unions has been growing. In a survey published in August, Gallup found that 71% of Americans said they approve of labor unions, the highest percentage recorded since 1965.Workers at more than 270 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize over the last year, an effort that Starbucks opposes. Workers at REI and Chipotle followed with their own unionization campaigns.
The Unions were a wonderful thing when first created. Now, they are a front for the Democratic Party. They have failed to protect the people who mattered, the workers. They use Union Dues for their vacations and many other perks.
Great work pro-union Scranton Joe!