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The percentage of salaried workers in labor unions of fell

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0.2 points in 2019 to a record low of 10.3%

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almost half the 20.3% rate in 1983 at a two

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point drop from a decade earlier, according to data

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the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. Membership in

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unions Aqui, base of support for Democrats remains significantly

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higher in the public sector for local unions for police

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, teachers and firefighters helped push rates up to 33.6%

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compared with just 6.2% in the private sector.