http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2008.htm

Presents estimates of occupational pay, benefits, and compensation cost trends at the national level for major occupation groups and industry sectors. Also covers data for union and nonunion workers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsa2008.pdf

Annual national data on employment status, earnings, and union affiliation by sex, race, ethnicity, and detailed occupational categories. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Strikes and other work stoppages idled 72,000 workers in 2008. This was a decline of more than 50% over 2007 when 189,000 workers were involved in work stoppages. Offers statistics on the duration and size of work stoppages in 2008. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/feb/wk1/art02.htm

Lists Virginia as one of five states with the lowest rate of union membership. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Reports that union members accounted for 12.4% of employed wage and salary workers, up from 12.1% a year earlier. In 1983, the earliest year for which figures are available, unionized workers constituted 20.1% of the workforce. Also reports that government workers were nearly five times more likely to belong to a union than were private sector employees. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_100786.pdf

Illustrates the wide variety in recent wage trends across countries and regions from rapid increases in a few countries to modest growth in many others. Reports that wages have grown at a substantially slower pace than GDP per capita. From the International Labour Office.

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.