In 2007, the number of workers belonging to a union rose by 311,000 to15.7
million, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Union members accounted for 12.1 percent of employed wageand salary
workers, essentially unchanged from 12.0 percent in 2006. In1983, the
first year for which comparable union data are available, theunion
membership rate was 20.1 percent.
Two major labor federations are AFL-CIO and Change to Win
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