MSNBC, January 23, 2013, Wednesday

MSNBC

January 23, 2013, Wednesday

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Union membership continues half-century decline

According to data compiled by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, union density in the United States peaked around 1954, before declining sharply over the following two decades. Excluding a brief upturn in the late seventies, the percentage of union members in the American workforce has steadily declined ever since.