Table A.  Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers in Massachusetts, annual averages, 1989-2007							
(Numbers in thousands)							
							
Year		Massachusetts					
		Total Employed	Members of Unions1  Represented by Unions2		
			        Total	Percent 	Total	Percent of Employed	
							
1989		        2,725	478	17.5		513	18.8	
1990		        2,735	479	17.5		513	18.8	
1991		        2,557	445	17.4		479	18.7	
1992		        2,557	434	17.0		468	18.3	
1993		        2,642	453	17.2		487	18.4	
1994			n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a
1995		        2,649	428	16.2		471	17.8	
1996		        2,703	415	15.4		455	16.8	
1997		        2,794	423	15.1		463	16.6	
1998		        2,844	453	15.9		494	17.4	
1999		        2,875	465	16.2		492	17.1	
2000		        2,841	406	14.3		445	15.7	
2001		        2,940	433	14.7		468	15.9	
2002		        2,999	427	14.2		464	15.5	
2003		        2,925	416	14.2		454	15.5	
2004		        2,920	393	13.5		430	14.7	
2005		        2,886	402	13.9		431	14.9	
2006		        2,859	414	14.5		438	15.3	
2007		        2,882	379	13.2		402	14.0	

1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
2 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union, as well as workers who are not members but whose jobs are covered by a union or employee association contract.
n/a - Not available.
NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-and part-time workers. Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of whether or not their businesses are incorporated.

 

Last Modified Date: March 18, 2008