Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110219:02:04:00
And in all likelihood, you get tomorrow off. in 1954, about 35% of wage and salary employees in america were in unions. about 35%. by 2000, down to 13%. by 2010, less than 12%. here's one thing to understand about what's going on in wisconsin right now. the national figure right now for belonging to a union is 11.9%. that is the percentage of people who have full-time jobs in america in a union, that's it. but if you divide that, willing to look closely at that, divide into public and private sector, among those that work in private sector, only 7% are in unions. in the public sector, that num...
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