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11.3% of US workers were in a union in 2022. Either the middle class is a hell of a lot smaller than I thought, or it's not a terribly significant chunk. (I am
by sbierwagen 3y ago
11.3% of US workers were in a union in 2022. Either the middle class is a hell of a lot smaller than I thought, or it's not a terribly significant chunk.
(I am a union member, formerly IBEW local 46, now IAM district 751)
- acdha 3y agoThey’ve been shrinking, although recent growth suggests that trend might be reversing, but unions also help non-members. If you work at a non-union job, your compensation will still reflect the need to be competitive with other places which similar unionized positions. Where I live, there are a ton of charter schools but they tend to track the public school district’s union pay scale pretty closely. When they negotiated a pay raise, there were probably an equal number of non-union teachers who benefited within a couple of years.