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Related: About this forumMinnesota gained 46,000 union members last year, reversing decade-long decline
January 19, 2018 by Union Advocate
Working peoples voice grew stronger last year in Minnesota, where organizing gains pushed union membership to its highest point since 2004, according to federal data released today.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual report on union membership shows Minnesota gained 46,000 union members from 2016 to 2017, the largest year-to-year gain since 2000. The states union population, 411,000, was at its highest since 2004.
Union members grew as a share of Minnesotas total workforce as well. Union density increased from 14.2 percent to 15.2 percent in 2017, its highest point since 2010.
The report shows Minnesota unions are reversing a trend of decline that began over a decade ago.
FULL story: https://advocate.stpaulunions.org/2018/01/19/minnesota-gained-46000-union-members-last-year-reversing-decade-long-decline/?link_id=0&can_id=a9cf23302332fb8fa0573509116ae7fe&source=email-labor-update-130&email_referrer=email_289490&email_subject=labor-update
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Minnesota gained 46,000 union members last year, reversing decade-long decline (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jan 2018
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Faux pas
(15,319 posts)1. Kickin' with gusto!
Canoe52
(2,963 posts)2. As an ex union member, good for them!
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)3. Great news. We need much, much more.
Laffy Kat
(16,516 posts)4. Unions are coming back!
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)5. Recommended.
From a 44 plus year union retiree.