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NORTHWEST
LABOR
PRESS
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Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la-
bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the
first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor
Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo-
ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore-
gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in
Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Office location:
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The latest figures on union membership
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
released its annual report on union
membership on Jan. 18. The information
comes from the U.S. Census Bureau’s
Current Population Survey for 2018.
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213
union membeRs as a peRcent of the
woRkfoRce
Phone: (503) 288-3311
10.5 % 33.9
Web address:
http://nwlaborpress.org
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Associate editor: Don McIntosh
Office manager: Jill Lukens
■ Public sector
■ Private sector
%
6.4 %
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total union membeRship
14.7 million workers
■ Public sector 7.2 million
■ Private sector 7.6 million
total union-RepResented
non-membeRs (Right to shiRk)
1.6 million workers
what non-union woRkeRs eaRn
compaRed to union-RepResented
woRkeRs
82 %
The most unionized
private-sector industries
Utilities 20.1%
Transportation/warehouse 16.7%
Telecommunications 15.4%
Construction 12.8%
… and the least
Agriculture 2.2%
Insurance 1.7%
Professional-technical 1.5%
Food service 1.3%
Finance 1.3%
Demographics
(peRcentage of each categoRy
that aRe union membeRs)
Men 11.1%
Women 9.9%
Black 12.5%
White 10.4 %
Hispanic 9.1%
Asian 8.4%
Age 16 to 24 4.4%
Age 25 to 34 9.3%
Age 35 to 44 11.7%
Age 45 to 54 12.8%
Age 55 to 64 13.3%
The most unionized states
#1 Hawaii 23.1%
#2 New York 22.3%
#3 Washington 19.8%
#4 Alaska 18.5%
#5 Rhode Island 17.4%
#6 Connecticut 16.0%
#7 Minnesota 15.0%
#8 New Jersey 14.9%
#9 California 14.7%
#10 Michigan 14.5%
#11(tie) Oregon 13.9%
#11(tie) Nevada 13.9%
… and the least
#44 Idaho 4.7%
#47 Georgia 4.5%
#46 Texas 4.3%
#47 Virginia 4.3%
#48 Utah 4.1%
#49 (tie) North Carolina 2.7%
#49 (tie) South Carolina 2.7%
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See the full report at
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