Big 2020 Problem For Democrats: Shrinking Labor Unions

The Democratic Party, which has counted on the support of labor unions for decades, may be in real trouble if that support is a linchpin of their strategy for 2020. As compared to 35 years ago, there are only half the number of wage and salaried workers in the United States who are members of labor unions.

The Pew Research Center reports, “In 2017, just 10.7% of wage and salaried workers in the United States were members of labor unions, down from 20.1% in 1983 (the first year for which comparable data are available), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”