U.S. union membership rate held steady at 11.3% in 2013

[theHandpuppet]

The good news is, union membership rates haven't declined. Still, it would be nice to see those numbers climb, though the GOP would love to destroy every union in the country. According to the article, union workers averaged $950 per week while non-union workers, $750.

The Los Angeles Times
U.S. union membership rate held steady at 11.3% in 2013
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-union-membership-rate-20140124,0,4173721.story#ixzz2rLsQQTEM
By Ricardo Lopez
January 24, 2014, 8:32 a.m.

The share of American workers belonging to labor unions held steady in 2013, remaining unchanged at 11.3%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Overall, 14.5 million workers belong to unions, that's down from 17.7 million in 1983, the year for which comparable data were first available, the agency said.

American labor has seen a steep decline in its membership for years, and the report released Friday suggests that -- at least for now -- the diminishing membership has halted.

[Updated 8:40 a.m. PST, Jan. 24: Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, the country's largest labor federation, said the report showed gains in some parts of the country, including the South. But labor groups are still working to fight laws weakening collective bargaining by public-sector workers, he said....


http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-union-membership-rate-20140124,0,4173721.story#ixzz2rLs6h9g1