CHAPTER 18 National Labor Code Union Membership Right-to-Work States
NATIONAL LABOR CODE Act Primary Focus Wagner Act Rights of unions and workers Taft-Hartley Act Rights of management Landrum-Griffin Act Rights of union members in their unions
RIGHT-TO-WORK STATES States with right-to-work laws States without right-to-work laws (includes Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico)
Union Membership in the United States as a Percentage of Employment Year Union Membership(%) Data based on surveys of unions and employee associations. Data based on Current Population Surveys national household survey. Members of employee associations excluded. Sources: C. Chang and C. Sorrentino, “Union Membership in 12 Countries,” Monthly Labor Review 114, 12 (1991): ; L. Troy and N. Sheflin, Union Sourcebook (West Orange, N.J.: Industrial Relations Data Information Services, 1985); Bureau of Labor Statistics, Handbook of Labor Statistics (Washington, D.C., 2).