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UAW union membership rises 1.3 percent in 2015
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:37pm EDT
UAW union membership rises 1.3 percent in 2015
NEW YORK | BY DAVID SHEPARDSON
Membership in the United Auto Workers union rose by nearly 5,200 workers in 2015 to 408,639, the sixth straight year of small gains for the American union.
The Detroit-based union said in a filing with the U.S. Labor Department that membership rose 1.3 percent last year.
That is still down dramatically from the more than 700,000 members the UAW had in 2002 and from its all-time high of nearly 1.5 million members in 1979.
Since hitting a low of 355,191 in 2009, UAW membership has risen 15 percent.
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UAW union membership rises 1.3 percent in 2015
NEW YORK | BY DAVID SHEPARDSON
Membership in the United Auto Workers union rose by nearly 5,200 workers in 2015 to 408,639, the sixth straight year of small gains for the American union.
The Detroit-based union said in a filing with the U.S. Labor Department that membership rose 1.3 percent last year.
That is still down dramatically from the more than 700,000 members the UAW had in 2002 and from its all-time high of nearly 1.5 million members in 1979.
Since hitting a low of 355,191 in 2009, UAW membership has risen 15 percent.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-labor-membership-idUSKCN0WQ227
