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The following publication notes the demographic changes in the unionized workforce in the U.S. from 1983 to 2008. A couple of excerpts:
snip:
The groups whose share in the unionized workforce increased most over the last quarter century were white women (up 4.6 percentage points), Latino men (up 3.6 percentage points), and Latino women (up 2.8 percentage points). From 1989, when consistent data on Asian Pacific Americanworkers became available, to 2008, the share of APA women increased 1.2 percentage points and APA mens share rose 0.9 percentage points. The change from 1983 to 2008 for African American women was smaller (up 0.7 percentage points) and for African American men was negative (down 1.4 percentage points). The only group that experienced a large drop in their share in the labor movement was white men (down 13.6 percentage points).
snip:
In 2008, 37.5 percent of union workers had a four-year college degree or more. Unionized women, a group that includes an important share of teachers and nurses, were even more likely (49.4 percent) to have a four-year college degree or more. (See Figure 10A.) Union men were substantially less likely (27.7 percent) to have a four-year college degree or more. (See Figure 10B.) The largest groups of union workers are those with some college but no four-year degree (28.9 percent in 2008) or a high school diploma (28.7 percent). In 2008, only 4.9 percent of union workers had less than a high school education, compared to 9.4 percent of all workers in 2008 and to 18.3 percent of union workers with less than a high school diploma in 1983.
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/changing-face-of-labor-2009-11.pdf
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)They're hoping against hope, that at least a few crumbs fall their way, from the table of her
Coronation Banquet.
But not all unions are so cowardly:
Why The Most Trusted Professionals Union In The Nation Endorsed Bernie Sanders
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/08/11/3690105/nurses-for-bernie/
New Hampshire unions endorse Bernie Sanders for president
Postal Workers, IBEW, and SEIU locals announce their support
http://www.wmur.com/politics/new-hampshire-unions-endorse-bernie-sanders-for-president/36177742
6 Reasons Why the Nurses Union Endorsed Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Clinton
http://ecowatch.com/2015/08/13/nurses-union-endorsed-bernie/
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Surprise, surprise! </gomer-pyle>