Stat: Overall union membership increased by 49,000 from 2010 to 2011, including 15,000 new 16- to 24-year-old members, according to new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data out this morning [Jan 27, 2012]. An increase of 110,000 in the private sector was partially offset by a decline of 61,000 in the public sector, making the rate of union membership essentially unchanged at 11.8 percent, with some 14.8 million U.S. workers union members.
O boy! Good point. So not only are we on the hook for Obama’s tax re- distribution (using us veterans as pawns), it’s union as well. Groan. Us veterans need to form a We are NOT pawns for politics, or something catchier LOL.