Unions saw modest growth last year both nationwide and in Minnesota, where 15.8% of workers were represented by unions in 2025, an increase of 1%.
Despite tough climate for organizing, unions notched gains in 2025
February 27, 2026 by Leave a Comment
MN unions grew in 2021, bucking national trend
January 21, 2022 by
Minnesota bucked the national trend of declining union membership last year, as the state’s union rolls grew by 18,000 workers.
Minnesota gained 46,000 union members last year, reversing decade-long decline
January 19, 2018 by
Working people’s voice grew stronger last year in Minnesota, where organizing gains pushed union membership to its highest point since 2004.
Unions gaining public favor, losing ground in workplace
March 7, 2017 by
Union members are becoming increasingly scarce in the U.S. labor force. It’s a trend that continued in 2016, when union density fell from 11.1 to 10.7 percent of the total workforce, according to federal report issued in January. Unions’ demise has assumed an aura of inevitability. So when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its […]
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