Maine’s union membership is on the decline
After reaching a current peak on the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, Maine’s union membership has cooled since 2020.
In 2020, 14.7 p.c of the 559,000 staff throughout Maine had been union staff, in response to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics knowledge. By 2021, that quantity had dropped to 12.4 p.c whereas state workforce ranks elevated to 563,000.
As of 2022, the speed of Maine staff with union membership dropped to a 10-year low, with simply 9.2 p.c of the workforce belonging to a union. The dip in membership comes as state employment charges have dropped, with 527,000 staff recorded in 2022.
As of 2023, it stands to be seen whether or not union membership will develop within the Pine Tree State. A handful of unionization efforts stay underway throughout Maine, with College of Maine System graduate college students launching a unionization bid in March and Brunswick Staples staff looking for to turn out to be the primary unionized retailer within the nation.
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