Unions are only 7% of the workforce and as such mostly irrelevant to the trade/political discussion. But we’ll take what we can get from them.
“Unions are only 7% of the workforce and as such mostly irrelevant to the trade/political discussion. But we’ll take what we can get from them.”
True, but membership is not homogeneous throughout the country. In PA it’s 12%. In certain counties/districts it can be even higher. There are also people who aren’t in unions but are in union families and traditional union communities that depend on a large factory or mine. And they vote. In municipalities that sometimes have 20% of registered voters turning out in off-year elections, that matters “bigly.”
Your numbers are correct but “Union blue collar workers” and “Non-Union, blue color workers are out there by the millions. They make the USA world go round. These auto workers, steel workers, plumbers, sheet metal workers, oil drillers, pipe layers, railroad workers, aircraft mechanics, construction workers, nurses, first responders, police, firemen, military folks, etc., and on and on in unending occupations...these folks are the heart and soul of the American Republic.
Thank God, they have the number one boss in the country, POTUS, Donald J. Trump on their side. You know why....because Trump’s father made sure that DJT, when growing up in NYC, NY, worked right with all the Trump construction workers. That is why Trump speaks like a “New York” street kid...he is one, and “A REAL SMART ONE AT THAT”!!! Trump knows working folks, loves working folks..it’s in his blood from head to toe!!! Go Trump, Go Saccone, go MAGA!!!