Sunday, January 24, 2010

In Unions, Government Workers Surpass Private-Sector Workers

Many people, when they hear the phrase “union worker,” probably imagine someone who works on an assembly line. But such blue-collar jobs are probably no longer representative of the typical union man or woman.

For the first time in American history, the majority of the nation’s union members are government workers, rather than private-sector workers, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released today. This is despite the fact that there are five times more wage and salary workers in the private sector.

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