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In 2010 8.4 million government workers were represented by unions, [19] including 31% of federal workers, 35% of state workers and 46% of local workers. [20] As Daniel Disalvo notes, "In today's public sector, good pay, generous benefits, and job security make possible a stable middle-class existence for nearly everyone from janitors to jailors."
Transport Workers Union of America (TWUA) 1934 125,398 Mass transit, railroad, and airline workers. 2017: TWU: Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) 1945 105,000 White-collar workers in the public and private sector. OPEIU: National Rural Letter Carriers' Association (NRLCU) 1903 104,717
In the late 1800s, trade unions first appeared to support workers in a variety of urban and industrial jobs. [1] After facing violent repression, such as during the 1934 United Fruit Strike, unions gained more power following the 1948 Costa Rican Civil War, and public sector unions appeared. [1]
Strike threats by the unions representing teachers and nurses have been joined by other public sector workers as disquiet over a cap on pay rises increases.. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general ...
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has backed bills to abolish right-to-work laws and overturn state-level reforms that limit the power of public sector unions. Will Trump's Labor Secretary Pick Be a Big ...
AFGE, the country's largest labor union for federal employees, is fighting back against Republican criticisms that government workers are abusing remote work policies.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. [2] It represents 1.3 million [1] public sector employees and retirees, including health care workers, corrections officers, sanitation workers, police officers, firefighters, [3] and childcare providers.
In this decade, those proportions have essentially reversed, with 36% of public workers being represented by unions while private sector union density had plummeted to around 7%. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent survey indicates that union membership in the US has risen to 12.4% of all workers, from 12.1% in 2007.