Table 1. Percent distribution of blue-collar workers by bargaining status, 1997

Table 1. Percent distribution of blue-collar workers by bargaining status, 1997
Occupation	All industries		Private industry		State and local government
Occupation	Union	Nonunion	Union	Nonunion	Union	Nonunion
All blue-collar occupations	34	66	32	68	50	50
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations	38	62	37	63	51	49
Industrial machinery repairers	39	61	38	62	62	38
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. (1)	37	63	35	65	47	53
Electricians	61	39	61	39	60	40
Supervisors, production	8	92	7	93	47	53
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors	31	69	31	69	65	35
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.(1)	44	56	44	56	--	--
Textile sewing machine operators	10	90	9	91	--	--
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.(1)	34	66	34	66	40	60
Assemblers	35	65	35	65	--	--
Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners	21	79	22	78	--	--
Transportation and material moving occupations	39	61	36	64	50	50
Truck drivers	33	67	32	68	56	44
Driver-sales workers	45	55	45	55	--	--
Bus drivers	51	49	47	53	52	48
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	44	56	44	56	51	49
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.(1)	54	46	57	43	43	57
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers	29	71	28	72	46	54
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm	17	83	5	95	43	57
Stock handlers and baggers	30	70	30	70	56	46
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c.(1)	32	68	32	68	--	58
Hand packers and packagers	24	76	24	76	--	--
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.(1)	26	74	25	75	42	58
Footnotes: (1) n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.