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LOSING MEMBERS

Today, just 6% of workers in the private sector belong to a union. 

  • Like any business, unions need a revenue stream to stay in business.
  • This revenue comes from dues-paying members.
  • Unions need new members to survive.

UNHAPPY MEMBERS

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Unfair Labor Practice charges (ULPs) have been filed against the union since 2014.

ULPs are charged against a union when they break labor laws by threatening their members, poorly representing them, bargaining in bad faith, or committing other violations.

NEW MEMBERS? NOT EXACTLY

The union is desperately trying to increase its membership through organizing campaigns, like this one.

The union filed 216 representation petitions for election with the NLRB in the last 10 years, but weren’t able to win even a third of these elections.

GETTING RID OF THE UNION

And rather than adding new members, the union has been involved in 26 decertification petitions since 2014, where union members decide whether to kick out the union.

The union wasn’t able to win any of the decertification petitions filed. Again, not a good sign for a struggling union.

Source: 2014-2023 data compiled by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

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