Unions Have More Minorities Than Ever, and Democrats Have Noticed

By Allie Jones, The Atlantic Wire

A new study released Tuesday shows that black and Latino workers make up fully 60 percent of New York City’s unions. This is an amplified example of a trend seen across the country — according to the U.S. Department of Labor, black workers had the highest union membership rate in 2012. Democrats have noticed these trends, and the changing face of labor is now driving political campaigns as well as immigration reform.

Ruth Milkman, the CUNY sociology professor who conducted the study, said she was “shocked” to find that white males make up only 23 percent of unionized labor in New York City. “We all carry around in our heads this stereotype of a union member as a white male hard hat,” she says.

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