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Organized labor lost 10% of its members in the private sector last year, the largest decline in more than 25 years. The drop is on par with the fall in total employment but threatens to significantly constrain unions' ability to influence elections and legislation.
On Friday, the Labor Department reported private-sector unions lost 834,000 members, bringing membership down to 7.2% of the private-sector work force, from 7.6% the year before. The broader drop in U.S. employment and a small gain by public-sector unions helped keep the total share of union membership flat at 12.3% in 2009. In the early 1980s, unions represented 20% of workers.
Labor experts said the losses would have a long-term impact on unions and their finances, because unions wouldn't automatically regain members once the job market rebounded. In many cases, new jobs will be created at nonunion employers or plants.
"When times are bad they lose members, and when times are good they don't recoup those members," said Gary Chaison, a professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703822404575019350727544666.html
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - One in five U.S. workers say they are late to work at least once a week, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
The most common excuse is traffic, followed by a lack of sleep and getting children ready for school or day care, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder.com, an online job site.
Other frequent excuses are problems with public transportation, wardrobe issues or dealing with pets, it said.
One in 10 workers said they are late to their jobs at least twice a week.
Tardiness is on the rise, the survey said. In this poll, 20 percent said they were late at least once a week. In a similar one taken a year earlier, 15 percent said so.NEW YORK (Reuters) - One in five U.S. workers say they are late to work at least once... more
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