Wisconsin Union Membership Has Dropped 41% Since 2009

By Lexi Dittrich - February 15, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Government Unions, Labor Unions, Private Sector Unions, Public Unions, Union Membership

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently published its annual report on union membership in 2020. The data shows union membership rates increased slightly in 2020, but on the whole, union membership continues to decline in Wisconsin and in the United States. Read More Wisconsin Union Membership Has Dropped 41% Since 2009

Wisconsin Union Membership Drops for Third Consecutive Year

By MacIver Staff - February 5, 2020

Act 10, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Government Unions, Labor Unions, Private Sector Unions, Public Unions, Right to Work, Union Membership, Unions, Wisconsin Right to Work

The annual BLS report shows that 1,000 more Wisconsinites rejected union membership In 2019 and that membership continues to decline nationwide. Read More Wisconsin Union Membership Drops for Third Consecutive Year

MacIver Report Extra: Celebrating Worker Freedom on Labor Day

By Chris Rochester - September 3, 2018

Act 10, Employment, James Daley, Laws, MacIver Report Extra, Right to Work, Union Membership, Unions, WEAC, WERC

Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, joins MacIver’s Matt Kittle to talk about the status of worker freedom on Labor Day. It’s an exciting time for workers who want freedom from unions and compulsory union membership – Mix gives us an update on recent victories and ongoing challenges for worker freedom. Read More MacIver Report Extra: Celebrating Worker Freedom on Labor Day

MacIver News Minute: WEAC Leads The Nation in Membership Decline, Again

By Chris Rochester - August 28, 2018

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Gov. Walker’s signature reform, Act 10, gave public employees the freedom to choose whether to be in a union – and teachers continue to vote with their feet. The latest numbers show Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union, WEAC, continues a long and steep decline. Since its pre-Act 10 heyday when educators were forced to join and pay into the union coffers, WEAC has lost 67% of its members. Read More MacIver News Minute: WEAC Leads The Nation in Membership Decline, Again

On the Vicki McKenna Show: The Decline of Wisconsin’s Largest Teachers’ Union

By Chris Rochester - August 27, 2018

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MacIver Communications Director, an avid Star Trek fan, joins Matt Kittle on the Vicki McKenna Show to talk about an equally engaging topic – the decline of WEAC. Since Act 10 gave public employees the choice of whether to join and pay their money toward a union, many have voted with their feet. The union’s membership has dropped 67% since 2011, new numbers show. Read More On the Vicki McKenna Show: The Decline of Wisconsin’s Largest Teachers’ Union