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State of the unions

BY THE NUMBERS | Even as approval ratings climb, a dip in union membership signals a shift in influence


10.1%

The share of working Americans belonging to a labor union in 2022 according to a January Bureau of Labor Statistics report. The figure marks the lowest unionization rate on record and portends trouble ahead for unions even as they gain greater approval in polls.

71%

The approval rate of labor unions in the United States as measured by Gallup last year, the highest percentage since 1965.

28%

The highest historical unionization rate in the U.S., occurring in 1953 and 1954, according to CATO Institute scholars.

28

The number of states that have passed so-called “right-to-work” laws, according to Fox Business. Such laws curb the power of labor unions by prohibiting employers from requiring workers to join a union as a condition of employment.

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