LOSING MEMBERS
In the 1970s, the union claimed to have 2.2 million members. Fast forward to today and the union has lost hundreds of thousands of members, down to about 1 million members.
Fewer members means less dues money, so in recent years the union has been recruiting everyone – parking attendants, blood collection workers – to increase membership.
UNHAPPY MEMBERS
Unfair Labor Practice charges (ULPs) have been filed against the union since 2012.
ULPs are charged against a union when they break labor laws by threatening their members, poorly representing them, bargaining in bad faith, or committing other violations.
NEW MEMBERS? NOT EXACTLY
The union is desperately trying to increase its membership through organizing campaigns, like this one.
The union filed 3,891 representation petitions for election with the NLRB in the last 10 years, but weren’t able to win even half of these elections.
GETTING RID OF THE UNION
And rather than adding new members, the union has been involved in 793 decertification petitions since 2012, where union members decide whether to kick out the union.
The union was only able to win 15.6% of the decertification petitions filed, again not a good sign for a struggling union.
Source: 2012-2021 stats compiled by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.