02.02.2012 in Big Labor, Politics by Adam Bitely 5

Unionization rate nears zero

Big Labor is Fighting UsBig Labor must be in full panic mode. They lost their first Rust Belt state to right-to-work laws yesterday in Indiana. And today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports dismal numbers for the rate of unionization.

How dismal? How about the rate is near zero.

As Mickey Kaus reports at The Daily Caller, “The most significant number in the recent Bureau of Labor Statistics release on unionization is probably this: Only 6.9 percent of private sector workers are in unions. That’s the same percent as last year. In the middle of the 20th century, it was 35%. … The number is significant because it suggests that labor’s much-publicized private sector organizing drives have failed.

We constantly hear labor unions tell us that without them workers would be in a state of oppression. Well, as time continues to progress we are increasingly seeing that without labor unions “protecting” workers, things are seeming to get better for workers everywhere. Americans everywhere seem to be realizing this fact, if only the labor bosses would come around…

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  • Archangel

    The unions are not the solution, they are the problem that requires a solution.  This goes double for the public unions, which are stealing from the tax payers to support the democratic party, and insane pension plans.

  • Agpeddler

    While private  Unions are not growing the Public Sector Unions are growing by leaps and bounds! Their pay and benefits are extremely generous AND POORLY FUNDED. Leaving tax payers with a lot of taxes and pensions to pay. These are the UNIONS Obama is counting on and we should be alarmed.  

  • MontieR

    Public sector unions should be illegal. They are simply government sanctioned extortion.

  • Anonymous

    Lies and more Lies from DEMs and their “chief”

  • Anonymous

    Unions should be gone by now. They are dinosaurs of labor. They are no longer needed, or obsolete. No one is oppressing anyone except the ….you know who. If you have a gripe, go directly to the Dept oi labor. No need for a middle man to complain about your company or the boss. It is almost biting the hand that feeds you.

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