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Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual union density report, showing that union membership declined to 10.1 percent in 2022. Despite a surge in labor organizing, the inability of workers to translate union organizing campaigns into union representation is a result of our broken and outdated labor laws.
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Worker organizing activity increased for the third year in a row in 2022. According to a CLASP analysis, union certification petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) increased by 48 percent over 2021 filings. Our analysis shows union strikes increased by 50.4 percent and violations of labor law via unfair labor practices (ULP) charges rose by 19.8 percent last year compared with 2021.
Union representation and the ability to collectively bargain with employers is a critical tool in addressing racial and gender equity. Black workers continue to have a higher union membership rate (11.6 percent) than white workers (10 percent), and Latino workers (8.8 percent), a trend that has held constant for the past 40 years.
The decline of union membership increases economic, racial, and gender inequality; weakens workers’ ability to improve their working conditions; and ultimately undermines our democracy.
While the Biden Administration and the current NLRB have made some advances to protect workers, Congress must pass the PRO Act to ensure workers can organize free from fear and intimidation.
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