http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2007.htm

Provides statistics on occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, and benefits at the national level by major sectors and various occupational characteristics. Includes hourly, weekly and annual pay, and earning data for union and nonunion workers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://stats.berr.gov.uk/uksa/tu/sa20080730.htm

Provides estimates of the rate of trade union membership in Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the fourth quarter of 2007. Reports that union membership fell from 28.3% to 28% in 2007 and, for the sixth consecutive year, a higher proportion of women than men were trade union members. From the UK Statistics Authority.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20080520ar01p1.htm

Offers statistics on 21 work stoppages that began in 2007 and 2 major work stoppages that continued from 2006. Profiles the issues involved in the three most significant strikes, involving the United Auto Workers against both General Motors and Navistar International and the Writers Guild versus the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkstp.pdf

The longest work stoppage was the writers' strike and the largest, in terms of workers idled was between General Motors and the United Auto Workers. This report has details on the number of stoppages, the number of workers idled, the length of the stoppages, and historic data from 1947. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf

Latest in a series of annual reports on union membership in America. Features five tables with number of members (rose by 311,000 to 15.7 million), demographic characteristics, membership by industry or occupation, earnings of union and nonunion workers, and union membership by state. States with the lowest union membership rates are Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.fec.gov/pdf/nprm/electioneering_comm/2007/eleccomm_nprm07_forFedReg.pdf

Proposes revised regulations for public comment on election messages that may be used by corporate and labor organizations. Represents response to Supreme Court decision in spring 2007 in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, which found that the prohibition on the use of corporate and labor organization funds for electioneering communications was unconstitutional as applied to certain types of communications. From the Federal Election Commission.

http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file39006.pdf

Reports on the percentage of workers who are members of trade unions in Great Britain. Finds that the rate of union membership for employees in the United Kingdom fell by 0.6 percentage points to 28.4% in 2006, the largest annual percentage point drop since 1998. Also finds that a higher proportion of women than men are trade union members. Union membership was highest in Northern Ireland 39.7% and lowest in England 27%. From the British Department of Trade and Industry.

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/union2.txt

12% of employed wage and salary workers were union members in 2006, down from 12.5% in 2005. Also offers details on union membership by occupation, geography, demographic characteristics of workers, and earnings. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.ombwatch.org/npadv/PDF/CRSReportonTaxexemptorganizationsRestrictions.pdf

Discusses the limitations that the tax code places on political activity by tax-exempt organizations such as charitable and social welfare organizations, labor unions, trade associations and political organizations. Also covers the information about political activities that must be reported to the IRS and made publicly available. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OMB Watch.