Unions may be in trouble in most places in the country,
but they continue to hold their own in New York City.
The latest report from the Murphy Institute at the CUNY
Graduate Center shows that 24.2% of all workers in the city belong to
unions, which is a slight uptick in the last year and more than double the
10.7% figure for the nation as a whole.
Here are the key numbers on unions in New York, all from
the just released The State of Unions 2017.
17.2%: The percentage of private-sector New York workers in unions, compared with 6.4% nationally
69.6%: The percentage of public-sector New York
workers in unions, compared with 35.7% nationally.
$26.40: Median hourly wage for unionized workers
in New York, $8 more than the nonunion median.
Given the roiling controversy over union and nonunion construction workers, one
other number in the report is crucial. Unions now represent only a third (31%)
of all construction workers in the city.
The good news for unions in the CUNY report is tempered
by a looming decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that would be a major threat
to public-sector unions. More on that in my next piece, online Sunday and in
the print edition Monday.
Source: Crains New York
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