The Huffington Post, March 23, 2013, Saturday

The Huffington Post

March 23, 2013, Saturday

The Huffington Post (full article)

Tough Laws, Reduced Ranks Have Effect On Unions

Union membership declined to 11.3 percent of the workforce last year from 11.8 percent in 2011, according to federal statistics. Especially notable was a loss in the private sector, even as the economy created 1.8 million jobs.

"I chuckle every time I hear the words Big Labor_ 6.6 percent is not big," says Jefferson Cowie, a Cornell University labor historian, referring to the share of private-sector workers in unions.