From People's World: BLS: Union density 10.3 percent last year. AFL-CIO: Not the whole story
Berry Craig
By MARK GRUENBERG
WASHINGTON—Union density nationwide was 10.3% last year, an annual report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. But the AFL-CIO retorts that’s not the whole story.
That’s because the numbers belie the activism, success in community-backed strikes, the record numbers of unionists elected to public office – from governors on down to school boards and city councils – and legislative successes, too, the federation contended.
And the fed forecast another win, when the U.S. House plans to consider and vote on the Protect the Right to Organize (Pro) Act, the most-comprehensive and pro-worker labor law reform legislation in decades. The vote will occur before the congressional President’s Day recess in mid-February.