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Table 1

Results using Freeman methodology, current union coverage data and 1996 state favorability rankings of public sector labor laws

	States with public sector labor laws unfavorable to collective bargaining in 1996	States with public sector labor laws favorable to collective bargaining in 1996
Total Private Sector Employment, in millions	37.1	69.7
Number of Private Sector Unionized Workers, in millions	1.6	6.3
Potential Loss/Gain of Private Sector Union Members, in millions	-0.4	1.9

Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, 12 months ending April 2017.

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What union coverage numbers might look like without NLRA preemption: Working paper prepared for the September 19, 2017 symposium on NLRA preemption hosted by the Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the Economic Policy Institute
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