Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Union Membership

The recent release of 2014 union membership data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows a sharp rise in union membership among Asian Americans, from 9.4 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2014, or an increase of 96,000 workers. While this may be a one-year blip, this increase could well be real, and it appeared in the context of decreases in unionization among all other racial and ethnic groups.