Bloomberg Law
Feb. 8, 2023, 10:15 AM UTC

Retail, Service Sectors Notch Labor Wins as Union Density Falls

Daniel Moore
Daniel Moore
Reporter
Andrew Wallender
Andrew Wallender
Reporter

Labor organizing efforts achieved big gains in the retail and service sectors in 2022, suggesting high-profile campaigns at Starbucks Corp. and Apple Inc. stores have emboldened smaller workplaces and independent unions.

A Bloomberg Law analysis of federal data found that the Service Employees International Union won 386 elections that added nearly 20,000 workers to their membership in 2022—a more than four-fold increase from 89 election wins that added 5,827 workers in 2021. Starbucks baristas accounted for more than two-thirds of those wins.

The United Food and Commercial Workers also more than doubled their election wins to 111 in 2022, organizing ...

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