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Labor unions - number of private sector manufacturing members in the United States 1985-2017

Number of private sector manufacturing union members in the United States from 1985 to 2017 (in thousands)

The data displays the number of private sector manufacturing union members in the U.S. from 1985 to 2017. In 2017, roughly 1.33 million private sector manufacturing workers were union members.

1985	4996.3
1986	4869.4
1987	4691
1988	4516
1989	4467.3
1990	4197.3
1991	3975.7
1992	3749
1993	3591.8
1994	3510.7
1995	3439.6
1996	3387.4
1997	3253.4
1998	3127.2
1999	3024
2000	2831.8
2001	2658.1
2002	2427.1
2003	2172.9
2004	2036.2
2005	2016.9
2006	1827
2007	1734.2
2008	1723.5
2009	1469.5
2010	1418.5
2011	1424
2012	1335.4
2013	1429
2014	1407.3
2015	1366.7
2016	1295.1
2017	1328.3

Labor unions - number of private sector manufacturing members in the United States 1985-2017

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