[lbo-talk] Re: RE: WMT goes orgo

Mark Rickling mrickling at gmail.com
Mon Aug 28 13:37:24 PDT 2006


On 8/28/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> > [WS:] Not according to BLS http://www.bls.gov/news.release/
> > union2.t03.htm, whose data show that union membership in retail
> > industry is 5.7% - BELOW, the private sector average of 7.9%.
>
> He said supermarkets, not all of retail. Food and beverage stores are
> about 18% of retail employment.

Unionstats.com has 19.6% of workers in grocery stores in 2005 covered by a collective bargainig agreement.



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