Union membership in Washington State and the U.S. has fallen yet another year, continuing a trend now spanning several decades. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, membership rates in 2011 fell to 11.8% of the American work force.  That figure was down slightly from 11.9% in 2010, despite the fact that total union membership rose slightly by 49,000 workers last year (membership now stands at 14.76 million). The overall membership rate declined because the uptick in organized labor’s … [Read more...]