{"id":122550,"date":"2026-02-27T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/workers-say-i-like-unions-i-just-dont-like-my-union-heres-what-theyre-discovering-122550"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:00:11","slug":"workers-say-i-like-unions-i-just-dont-like-my-union-heres-what-theyre-discovering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/workers-say-i-like-unions-i-just-dont-like-my-union-heres-what-theyre-discovering-122550","title":{"rendered":"Workers say ‘I like unions, I just don’t like my union’ \u2014 here’s what they’re discovering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I like unions. I just don\u2019t like\u00a0my\u00a0union.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Time and time again, I hear this sentiment from employees nationwide. Most will express frustration with their union officials, who\u2019ve disappointed or even mistreated them and other members. Some tell me how they tried and failed to improve their own union from within. They imagine there\u2019s a better union out there \u2014 one where union officials actively improve the workplace and help employees achieve some measure of personal freedom.<\/p>\n

Polling confirms this sentiment. Gallup\u00a0found\u00a0that about two-thirds of American broadly approve of unions, but only 9% say they belong to one.<\/p>\n

New numbers\u00a0from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) corroborate these findings. Despite a minuscule increase over last year, the percentage of workers who choose to be union members remains historically low at 10% \u2014 up from an all-time low of 9.9% the previous year.<\/p>\n

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Private sector unions were especially unpopular with employees, whose membership rate held steady at a record-low 5.9%. For reference, in 1980, over\u00a020%\u00a0of all private sector employees were union members.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s possible this year\u2019s numbers\u00a0overstate\u00a0workers\u2019 interest in unionizing. The National Labor Relations Board oversaw\u00a030% fewer union elections\u00a0in 2025 than it did in 2024, according to the Center for American Progress. The total number of workers participating in those elections fell even further, down 42% from 2024.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the public sector<\/a>, the numbers tell a similar story.<\/p>\n

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According to the\u00a0BLS, government employees \u2014 including teachers, state employees and city and county workers \u2014 have a much higher union membership rate: 32.9%. That marks a tiny increase since 2024 (less than a percentage point) and the first year-over-year increase since 2020. This marginal increase stems from federal and state employees\u2019 membership rates, both of which rose by almost two percentage points.<\/p>\n

But this relatively high unionization rate doesn\u2019t mean their government union officials are outperforming their private sector counterparts. For one, government and private sector employees increasingly share the exact same union officials. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union, for example, represents more graduate student workers and postdoctoral researchers than any other union, and those workers \u2014 many of whom serve at public institutions \u2014 now make up a whopping\u00a025%\u00a0of UAW\u2019s membership. By contrast,\u00a0less than half\u00a0of UAW\u2019s existing members are autoworkers.<\/p>\n

More likely, these varying private and public sector unionization rates point to the fundamental difference between the sectors.<\/p>\n

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In the private sector, a strong, aggressive union can negotiate its way out of business. For example, in 2023, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters celebrated a massive victory against UPS, delivering pay increases and improved benefits for its members. Just over two years later, however, UPS cut\u00a048,000 positions<\/a>, then announced plans to cut 30,000 more.<\/p>\n

Assuredly, external economic factors, such as tariffs, played a part. But unions aren\u2019t off the hook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“UPS is not an outlier,” writes\u00a0Liya Palagashvilli, an economist with the Mercatus Center. “It is a case study in how monopoly bargaining can generate short-run wins that give way to long-run adjustment costs.”<\/p>\n

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A literature review of\u00a0147 studies\u00a0by Mercatus demonstrates that union victories can increase employer costs, resulting in higher costs<\/a> and less volume for customers. Inevitably, employers cut workers, resulting in fewer union members.<\/p>\n

But public employers rarely cut services and never go out of business. Thus, when government unions secure increases in salary or benefits, taxpayers pay the price. In January, Teamsters secured a\u00a013% wage increase\u00a0for school administrative assistants, food services managers and plant managers in the Los Angeles School District. The school district now faces a projected $877 million deficit, but its\u00a0recent layoff plans\u00a0will result in only 650 layoffs, less than 1% of its 83,000 employees.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, public sector unions have become experts at getting their friends elected to positions of power, hoping that government officials repay the favor in negotiations using taxpayer dollars. Union officials have no such power over private employers, where the individuals with whom they negotiate are driven to keep the business afloat and can only draw on profits earned in a competitive marketplace.<\/p>\n

To be sure, government unions are also losing members. The membership rate among public employees has steadily dropped since 1994, when it peaked at\u00a038.7 percent. Also, remember the union members who told me they wish they had another union? They were mostly public school teachers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paradoxically, by befriending greedy politicians and milking taxpayers, government union executives have done a disservice not only to these teachers but also to unionized civil servants and first responders. In 2024, the four biggest government unions collectively spent $650 million on political activism and electioneering \u2014 86% of which came from their membership dues. The deeper they get into politics, the more public sector unions have become obsessed with ideology and power, betraying the individual government employees they are supposed to represent.<\/p>\n

Workers\u2019 patience has worn thin. Employees continue to express their disapproval with unions by simply walking away. Until unions refocus on better serving and representing their members, rather than chasing short-term gains and political favors, union executives \u2014 and their members\u2019 confidence in them \u2014 will continue to dwindle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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