Union membership stats - interesting

[aegsm76]

•Since the recession began in 2007 the Imperial Federal Government of the United States has been adding employees at the rate of 9,000 per month, and the federal payroll has gone up by 10.5 percent.

•Federal workers now earn an average of $71,200 per year. Private sector workers earn about $40,331 per year.

•Fifty-two percent of all union members in this country work for the government.

•In 1960 31.9% of private sector workers and 10.8% of government workers were members of unions. In 2010 the numbers are reversed. 36.6% of government workers are union members while only 6.9% of private workers are. The survival of the union movement is completely dependent on government workers.

•There are three times more union workers in the postal service than there are in the automobile industry.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

•Since the recession began in 2007 the Imperial Federal Government of the United States has been adding employees at the rate of 9,000 per month, and the federal payroll has gone up by 10.5 percent.

Which is exactly what they should do according to Kensyians!

•Federal workers now earn an average of $71,200 per year. Private sector workers earn about $40,331 per year.

This stat means nothing considering most federal government jobs are not minimum wage type jobs. The private sector jobs they factored in were minimum wage type jobs.

•Fifty-two percent of all union members in this country work for the government.

•In 1960 31.9% of private sector workers and 10.8% of government workers were members of unions. In 2010 the numbers are reversed. 36.6% of government workers are union members while only 6.9% of private workers are. The survival of the union movement is completely dependent on government workers.

These 2 stats actually mean something. They show quite convincingly that government unions are the predominant form.

•There are three times more union workers in the postal service than there are in the automobile industry.

This stat is redundant seeing as you already showed that government unions were the primary form.

[scotty]

And of course none of this includes what the government sub-contracts out to private union workers.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by scotty

And of course none of this includes what the government sub-contracts out to private union workers.

I suspect that is what is keeping the private union number as high as 6.9% instead of a natural 3%

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Ferd

I suspect that is what is keeping the private union number as high as 6.9% instead of a natural 3%

Maybe I should have specified "union companies" instead of "private union workers".

You go on just about any military base that is under construction for whatever the reason may be and you will find "outside" companies doing the work. Despite having military personel onsite whose job it is to perform the same task.