Michigan Lost Union Members During Year of GM Labor Strike
By Alex Tanzi
Jan. 22, 2020, 5:51 PM
Michigan, where General Motors Co. workers launched a contentious strike last year to secure better wages, saw union membership fall by nearly a percentage point in 2019 -- a larger drop than the U.S. as a whole.
The share of workers belonging to unions in Michigan fell to 13.6% from 14.5% in 2018, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. New York workers had the highest union membership rate after Hawaii -- though at 21% of the workforce it was the lowest on record.
Across the U.S., unionized workers fell slightly to 10.3%, from 10.5% in 2018, ...
