Private Sector Unions

Throughout the past half century, private sector unions have been greatly diminished by market forces and political instability, but they still hold an important place in society for the rank and file. In the work, Do Workers Still Want Unions, Richard Freeman proves that private sector unions still hold a place in society, through a highly analytical understanding of the wants and needs of workers. He shows this by comparing surveys done in 2005 from the 1990s. He goes on to say how 90% of union workers said that they would re-choose to be in a union if they had a chance. Also 32% of nonunion workers stated that they would vote for a trade union in an election. If these workers were allowed to have a say in whether or not they could be in a union the 44% of the workplace could be unionized. Private sector union memberships rates are much lower than that of the public sector. The private sector is at an all time low of 6.6% while the public membership is also low but at 35.9%. This can lead to private sector unions that do not have memberships to have a greater number of unsafe working environments and having low growth in wages. If they don’t gain memberships than likely there will no longer be any private sector unions although they still can be used to advantages
In Richard Freeman’s, Do Workers Still Want Unions? He draws fairly liberal conclusion from his research. He compares what the US workers said about unions both private sector and public sector. He thinks that if more workers are in and for unions than they can have a say in them, and have more of a voice then they can help better the workplace. He states that the people in the workforce today want as much or more of a voice in their workplaces as they did back in ...

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...d States can bring back the middle class and stop the gap growing wider between them and 1%ers. If this happens then New York City can be a great place for all people to work. Not just on Wall St. or jobs along those lines. It would be important for the American public to be for these unions so more jobs can be created and more people will go back to work. Even though more jobs have been created in the past couple of year’s unions have gone down a great deal. If both of these number went up together then we could get back to the ways of the bombing market of the 1930s and 40s New York City. In none of the studies I read up they don’t say anything about laws being past to get these unions back as they where. If they do end up making laws it can help these unions back from the death. This could bring back that strong middle class he has before the stock market crass.