Finds that union workers receive larger wage increases, earn higher wages, and have greater access to employer-sponsored benefits, and that these trends persist despite declining union membership.   From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

This report presents historical and current labor force participation and earnings data for women and men from the Current Population Survey and focuses especially on the rising participation rate, earnings, and educational attainment of women since the 1970s.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Reports on 19 major strikes and lockouts involving 1,000 or more workers per event. Tables show details about strikes including organization and sector affected and number of days strike lasted.  Also show trends since 1947.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Reports that the union membership rate for 2012 was 11.3%, down from 11.8% in 2011.  Also provides data on union membership by demographic characteristics, by state, and by occupation.  Also provides data on weekly earnings of union and nonunion workers.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discusses the clash between federal union security agreements stemming from the National Labor Relations Act which require all workers covered by a union contract to pay membership dues to the union,  and the Taft-Hartley Act which allowed states to supersede these provisions with so-called Right-to-Work laws.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reviews legislative responses to past professional baseball and football strikes.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reviews selected decisions of the National Labor Relations Board and the courts  on issues related to the National Labor Relations Act and unfair labor practices.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reports on access to various types of employee benefits such as health insurance, sick leave, and paid vacations by size of firms, full-time or part-time status of workers, and whether union members.  Employees in medium to large size firms had access to more benefits than workers in size firms (fewer than 100 employees). From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

7-2 Supreme Court decision about the type of notification unions must provide for nonmembers represented by the union before assessing extra fees for special political projects or campaign war chests.  From the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell University Law School

Reviews the dispute between the postal service administration and the National Association of Letter Carriers over use of non-union contractors to deliver mail and recent developments.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Provides information about the three major laws that govern labor-management relations for private sector and federal employees.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reports there were 19 major strikes and lockouts involving 1,000 or more workers during 2011, compared to 11 in 2010.  Provides statistics showing number of major strikes and number of workers involved from 1947 to date.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Reports the union membership rate was 11.8%, essentially unchanged from 2010, or about 14.8 million workers were members of labor unions.  Also provides information about selected characteristics of union members.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Reports on types of job-related benefits by types and size and location of industries, whether workers are full-time or part-time, and whether union or nonunion.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Presents estimates of occupational pay at the national level for workers in major sectors within the U.S. economy in 2010.  Tables 12 and 13 provide comparisons of earnings for union and nonunion workers.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

A guide to government documents related to the 2011 Wisconsin state budget controversy and the budget process in Wisconsin compiled by a librarian at the University of Wisconsin.

Presents the most recent labor statistics available on major work stoppages and discusses the collective bargaining surrounding three significant work stoppages in the U.S. during 2010.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Presents changes in the level and distribution of hourly wages received by American workers between 1979 and 2009.  It also reviews the leading explanations for changes in the supply of, and demand for, workers with different sets of skills as well as the role of labor market institutions in affecting wages.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Reports there were 11 major strikes and lockouts involving 1,000 or more workers  and lasting at least one shift, the second lowest annual total since record keeping began in 1947.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discusses legislative efforts to amend the process of union certification without an election based on signed employee authorizations, set up a process for bargaining over an initial agreement, and specify unfair labor practices.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org

Reports that the percentage of workers who were union members was 11.9%, down from 12.3% in 2009 and down from 20.1% in 1983.  Also provides information on union membership by state, profession/occupation, race,  and compares wages of union and nonunion workers.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Annual estimates of trade union membership in Great Britain including the proportion of people in employment who are union members, and the number of employees whose pay and working conditions are affected by collective agreements.  Reports that the proportion of union member employees was unchanged at 27.4% in 2009.  From the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills.

Describes five major work stoppages involving more than 1,000 employees in the U.S. during 2009.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Reports that 12.4% of U.S. wage and salary workers were members of a labor union in 2009, virtually unchanged from the previous year.  Also covers characteristics of workers in unions, their industry and occupations, their earnings, and union membership by state.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.