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Did you know that more than 95 percent of unionized private-sector employees have never voted to be unionized?

As Americans, every two, four, or six years, we head to polls to cast our ballots for who we want to represent us. For unionized workers in the private sector, the vast majority never voted to unionize.

According to a new study [in PDF] by the Institute for the American Worker (I4AW), 95 percent of private sector union workers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) are represented by a union they have never voted for.

Analyzing four decades of data on union organizing elections shows that workplace democracy has worsened since the last such analysis, in 2016. In the past eight years, the percentage of private-sector union members who voted for their union has declined by more than a full percentage point—from 6% to 4.9%.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, I4AW’s President, F. Vincent Vernuccio returns to the podcast to explain I4AW’s new report.

Related:

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 43—The Institute for the American Worker's F. Vincent Vernuccio on Independent Contractors, Joint Employers & More

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 2—Guest: F. Vincent Vernuccio of the Institute for American Workers

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