Report about white collar employees belonging to unions and employee associations for the period 1976-1978. October 3, 1979

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BLS Report On Labor Union And Employee Association Membership, 1973 
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Report about white collar employees belonging to unions and employee associations for the period 
1976-1978. October 3, 1979. 
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FE DERATE D EMP LOY E Hl o F n E, A Y AHEA T K I . E l'I I O N E 
BLS REPORT ON LA l3 OR UNI ON ,\ ND 
Etv\PLOYEE ASSOCIA TION l'v\ Elv'IBERSHI P·-- 1978 
Thtc numbe r of white coll a r e mp loye es belong-
ing to unio ns a nd e mployee ossocio tions hcqd·· 
quor te recl in the U.S. increa sed by 182,000 
be tween 1976 a nd 1978 to nea rl y 6 .9 mi llio n , acc,, rding to pre l imina ry f indings cf t he Burea u 
o f La bo r Sta ti stic s . The proport ion of whit e co ll ar emp loye es in lo ba r o rga niza tions in 1978 was 
28 .2 pe rc e nt of 24 , 295 ,000 uni o n a nd ossocio t i'on membe rs a mong a ll ca t e go ri e s o f wo rke rs, o n in-
c rease o f 0.6 perce nt from 1976 , when 6,673 , 000 of 24 ,157,000 empl oye es in labor orga ni zations 
were empl o yed in white co ll a r occupa ti ons. The ne a rly 6.7 milli o n white coll m e mpl o yees in la bor 
orga niza ti o ns in 1976 was ci 3.3 percent increa se from 5,881 , 000 in 1974. The toted of white collar 
employe es in la bo r orga niza ti o ns in 1976 is rev ise d from the near ly 6 .5 mi 11 ion tha t l3LS reported in 
its prel imina ry st·ud y rel ea sed in Se pte mber 1977. 
Overa ll, unions CJnd e mployee associo ti o ns re port ed inc re a sed me mbe rship of 138,000 between 1976 
o nd 1978, most of the go ins ta king p lcice in nonm o nu fo ctur ing industri e s a nd governme nt• Notiona l 
a nd interna tiono l uni ons increa sed by 605,000 over the 1976-1978 pe ri od, ra ising the to t ii membe r-
ship to '21,734,000, the highest e ve r repo rte d . /\ssoc io1·io ns , ho we ve r, e xpe rie nce d o decline in 
the ir e nro llments f rom 3,028 ,000 members in 1976 to 2,56 1,000 in 1978. DLS so ys th o t most o f the 
a ssocia t ions' losses re sulted from c1 shift o f pro fc ssio no l o ne! sto re em p loyee s msocia ti o n members to 
l_a bo~ uni ons, including Ne w York's 207-mc mbe r Civil Serv ice Empl o yees /\ ssoci cit ion, Inc., which 
a ff i li a te d with the Ame rica n Fcclernti o n o f Sta te, Co unt y o ne! 1V1unicipa l Emplo yees in April 1978. 
Excluding C a na di cin me mbe rs o f U.S. kibo r o rg _ nizu ti o m, me mbe rship in unions c1nd c ssc,ci otions in 
the U.S. incremed from 22 ,662, 000 in 1976 to 22, 798 ,000 in 1978 . 1\ s o proporti o n of the tota l 
U.S. la bo r forc e , howeve r, loba r o rguni z('J ti ons , d roppe d f rom 23 .4 pe rcent in 1976 to 22 .2 pe rce nt 
in 1978 (ta bl e 3). 


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