When given a choice, workers often choose not to be in a union. In Wisconsin, thousands of public sector workers have dropped their labor union membership since Gov. Scott Walker’s reforms have taken effect.
According to the Washington Examiner’s Sean Higgins:
Thousands of Wisconsin public sector workers have dropped their union membership since Gov. Scott Walker’s reforms have taken effect.
Recent Labor Department filings show just how drastic this decline has been for organized labor.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Leadership Council 40, based in Madison, reported it had just under 32,000 members as recently as 2011, when Walker introduced his reforms. In a May filing, membership had dwindled to a little more than 13,000, a loss of about 18,000 members in four years.
Lucas County Job and Family Services employees exercised their constitutional right to stop funding AFSCME union activities, but union-imposed restriction blocks this for over 90% of the year
Certification of result follows similar vote by hundreds of nurses at Mankato Mayo Clinic location to remove AFSCME union
Mark Mix recently wrote on Op-ed for RealClear Markets on how the "PRO Act" is only the first step toward Sectoral Bargaining.