Union membership drops to record low in 2022

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4. So just to clarify:

Although the total number of unionized workers has grown, so has the number of non-union workers, resulting in a statistical shrinking of the percentage of unionized workers overall.

With only 3.7% unemployment, that probably couldn’t be avoided.

The test will be when the next recession comes, and unemployment bounces back to its typical level of around 5%, will the share of unionized workers increase due to a higher rate of layoffs among non-union workers?