Saturday, February 16, 2008

U.S. Workers


12% of U.S. workers have a union in their workplace, but 53% of U.S. workers would like one. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Union Members in 2006," Current Population Survey, January 2007. Peter D. Hart Research Associates, December 2006.

Millwright Ron


Friday, February 15, 2008


78% of workers during union organizing drives are forced to attend closed-door or isolated meetings with supervisors. Kate Bronfenbrenner, "Uneasy Terrain: The Impact of Capital Mobility on Workers, Wages and Union Organizing," U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission, 2000.

Millwright Ron