
Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com,
Unionization in America has reached its lowest level in recorded history.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), only 10% of American workers—14.4 million people—were part of a union in 2023. Union members increased by 139,000 last year, but their percentage of the total workforce declined slightly.
By comparison, 20.1% of Americans were part of a union in 1983.
Per BLS data, unions are heavily concentrated in the public sector.
Roughly one in three (32.5%) government employees were unionized in 2023, compared to a meager 6% of private-sector workers.

A deeper dive into the data reveals that private-sector unions have declined in lockstep with manufacturing (more…)