Pennsylvania Union Membership Is Growing - 04/07/08

By Doug Cunningham

Union membership is booming in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Labor Department, 85,000 more workers joined unions in Pennsylvania in 2007, boosting membership from 13.6 to 15.1 percent of the state’s workers. Pennsylvania’s union growth pushed the state past Michigan and New Jersey to become the fourth largest union state in the nation.