As we predicted, last year saw the union rosters decline, maintaining the current downward slide in membership. Private sector membership in 2010 came in at 6.9%, down from 2009’s 7.2%. Even with Big Labor’s push into the public sector, representing 36.2% of workers there, the overall total for the entire workforce declined from 12.3% in 2009 to 11.9% in 2010. 
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics news release Jan. 21, 2011.
