Labor Day 2022: What WA Workers Think About Unions
WASHINGTON — With the arrival of Labor Day, interest in labor unions is picking up across the United States after decades of decline. In Washington, about 629,000 people — or 19 percent of the working population — were union members in 2021, a figure well above the national average.
Nationally, about 10.3 percent of U.S. workers were union members in 2021, down from 10.8 percent the year before, and in line with pre-pandemic union membership numbers. The U.S. labor movement has been in decline since 1983, when 20 percent of U.S. workers were union members.
But by the time the year is over, 2022 could tell a different story.
Employers saw an uptick in labor organizing in the three quarters of federal fiscal year 2022 as U.S. workers seek higher pay, better benefits and safer workplaces, contributing to what analysts say is one of the largest labor movements in decades.
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