The Changing Face of Labor
November 15th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Labor
The invaluable Center for Economic and Policy Research has issued an interesting report looking at the state of unionization in the United States over the past 25 years.
The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2009
I especially like this graph:
Unsurprisingly, there are also major changes in the racial and ethnic composition of the unionized workforce:
But overall, the trend is downward when it comes to unionization, especially for younger workers:
This decline, of course, is associated with deindustrialization, as the conclusion of the report confirms:
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