The Hill’s Congress Blog Includes Bloomberg BNA Union Membership Data
A blog entry on Tuesday's hearing regarding President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board cites data from Bloomberg BNA's Union Membership & Earnings Data Book.
Referencing union membership data released in 2011, the author writes, "Collective bargaining coverage fell again to 13 percent, which contrasts with an average in most northern European nations of about 80 percent. The U.S. has tens of millions of workers who want union membership but, due to weak legal protection and strong employer opposition, can't get it. It also has by far the largest "representation gap" - the gap between those who say they want union membership and those who actually have it - in the developed world."