Union Membership Goes... Up?
It appears, based on new BLS data, that for the first time in 25 years, the # of workers -- and the percent union density -- has ticked up!
200,000 new union members in California in 2007? Where did they come from? What major campaigns came to fruition last year? 4,000 security guards with SEIU in LA. What about the other 196,000? Is this real or is this some statistical weirdness?
200,000 new union members in California in 2007? Where did they come from? What major campaigns came to fruition last year? 4,000 security guards with SEIU in LA. What about the other 196,000? Is this real or is this some statistical weirdness?
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Casino workers in Atlantic City
Nursing home/Child care workers perhaps?
SEIU picked up something like 4-5 thousand child care and Nursing Home workers in Oregon last year. Perhaps some of those Cal. numbers came from those sectors?
-Buck