U.S. union membership steady at 11.3 percent in 2013: Labor Department

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U.S. union membership steady at 11.3 percent in 2013: Labor Department

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-union-membership-steady-11-3-percent-2013-205816135--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K80KZGbVGUR7EdgYIHFb.w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-24T205816Z_1_CBREA0N1M9N00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Thousands gather for a march and rally by labor union supporters in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Thousands gather for a march and rally by labor union supporters in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>Labor union membership as a percentage of the U.S. work force stabilized at 11.3 percent in 2013 after several years of declines, government figures showed on Friday. In an era of diminished power for unions in the economy, the Labor Department reported that there were 14.5 million union members last year, about level with 2012. By comparison, in 1983, the first year for which the department published comparable data, union membership was 20.1 percent, with 17.7 million U.S. union workers. Union membership in the private sector grew slightly in 2013 to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>

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