Collective bargaining coverage, U.S. and Michigan, 1983–2011
| Share of workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | Michigan | |||||
| 1983 | 2011 | Change | 1983 | 2011 | Change | |
| Industry sector | ||||||
| All | 23.3% | 13.0% | -10.3 | 32.8% | 18.3% | -14.5 |
| Private | 18.5 | 7.6 | -10.9 | 27.3 | 12.4 | -14.9 |
| Construction | 29.4 | 14.9 | -14.5 | 39.5 | 19.8 | -19.7 |
| Manufacturing | 30.5 | 11.2 | -19.3 | 48.8 | 20.4 | -28.4 |
| Public | 45.5 | 40.7 | -4.8 | 61.2 | 55.0 | -6.2 |
| 1978 | 2011 | Change | 1984 | 2011 | Change | |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Blue collar | 43.1% | 17.8% | -25.4 | 54.5% | 26.3% | -28.2 |
Table 2. Collective bargaining coverage, U.S. and Michigan, 1983–2011. This table presents a more detailed presentation, broken out into industry sector, of the collective bargaining coverage shown in Figure F. Data are from Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata and www.unionstats.com, produced by Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson.
Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata and updates of Hirsch and Macpherson (2003) from the Union Membership and Coverage Database