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Kludge
01-21-2011, 10:44 AM
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics says unions lost 612,000 members in 2010. That drops the unionized share of the work force to 11.9 percent from 12.3 percent in 2009.

Union membership in the private sector fell from 7.2 percent to 6.9 percent, a low point not seen since the infancy of the labor movement in the 1930s. The steepest decline was among construction workers.

Public employment unions saw a 1.2 percent decline, as state and local governments cut jobs.

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txaslftist
01-21-2011, 10:52 AM
The progress toward India level wages continues unabated.

tangent4ronpaul
01-21-2011, 11:11 AM
WOOO HOOOO!!!!

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oyarde
01-21-2011, 02:43 PM
This is strictly due to the fact of job losses in indutries that are highly unionized .