Area wage surveys shed light on declines in unionization, (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, September 1985

Area wage surveys shed light
on declines in unionization

Philip M. Doyle
Economist, Division of Occupational Pay and Employee Benefit Levels, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Among both production and office workers, the degree of unionization declined in the past 20 years; structural changes in the U.S. economy account for only part of this development.