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BLS Releases Union Membership for 2015

The Gawker media blog has it right: "Union membership is holding steady at not enough."

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership in the U.S. held steady at 11.1 percent last year, unchanged from the year before. Membership among public workers was 35.2 percent, consistent over past decades. Private sector union membership was just 6.7 percent.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research breaks down the numbers here.