Union Members in 2007

Posted At : January 25, 2008 10:08 AM
Related Categories: Labor Unions,Statistics,Virginia Issues,Labor/Employment,Income/Poverty

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.

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Electioneering Communications

Posted At : August 29, 2007 10:31 AM
Related Categories: Elections/Campaigns,Labor Unions,Business/Economics,Supreme Court

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.

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Trade Union Membership 2006

Posted At : April 23, 2007 8:26 AM
Related Categories: Labor Unions,Labor/Employment,Great Britain,Ireland

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.

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Union Members in 2006

Posted At : January 30, 2007 12:10 PM
Related Categories: Labor Unions,Statistics,Labor/Employment

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.

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Tax-Exempt Organizations: Political Activity Restrictions and Disclosure Requirements

Posted At : May 8, 2006 9:50 AM
Related Categories: Labor Unions,Govt Processes,Taxes,Govt Finance

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.

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Union Membership Statistics in 24 Countries

Posted At : February 10, 2006 2:37 PM
Related Categories: Labor Unions,Labor/Employment

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/01/art3full.pdf

Examines differences and trends in unionization rates across 24 countries from 1970 to date. From the Monthly Labor Review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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