Membership in Connecticut”™s labor unions declined during 2018, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Labor”™s Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Connecticut led the New England region and was ranked sixth in the nation for union membership by percentage. Nationally, 10.5 percent of the U.S. workforce, or 14.7 million workers, held union membership, a 0.2 percent drop from 2017 and a new record low since the start of federal data collection in 1983.