US Union Membership Dips to Record Low Despite High-Profile Wins
- Share of workers in unions declined to 10% last year
- Biden pledged renewed support after historic auto strikes
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US union membership continued a decades-long slide to a record low in 2023, even as unions capitalized on high-profile talks with automakers and actors and won the biggest raises in years.
The union membership rate — the share of wage and salary workers who were members of unions — was 10% last year, just below the 10.1% seen in 2022, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday.