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badger
1/24/2013, 10:33 AM
In Oklahoma (http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=48&articleid=20130124_46_E1_Oklaho625376) :D

In the rest of the U.S., it's at a 97-year low (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/business/union-membership-drops-despite-job-growth.html?_r=0).

Very interesting situation. Is it possible that workers are giving unions a chance when they aren't forced to join them such as in Oklahoma (with a right to work law)?

Or, is it just that this is a crappy economy and a majority of union jobs in the public sector are disappearing due to decreased tax revenue.

cleller
1/24/2013, 10:37 AM
Wish they'd dug a little more to try and find out what the jobs were that accounted for the increase. Maybe something to do with the pipeline? What other industries are growing around here now? Is there a casino-workers union?