Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Union demographics

The Center for Economic Policy Research has released a new study on the changing face of unions.

  • In 1983, women constituted 35% of unionized workers, today its 45% and women will be in the majority before 2020.
  • only 1 in 10 unionized workers works in manufacturing
  • almost 50% of unionized workers works in the public sector
  • In 1983, 20% of unionized workers had a college degree, now its 37.5%