Review Unions: Government Employee Union Membership Rate = 5x of Private Sector Union Membership Rate & Rising e More government (federal / state / local) employees belong to unions (8 million) than did private sector employees (7 million) in 2009. e Government employee union membership rate of 37% is 5x higher than private sector employee union membership rate of 7% in 2009. e Private sector union membership rate declined 180 basis points to 7% in 2009 from 9% in 2000, while government employee union membership rate rose 50 basis points 37.4% in 2009 from 36.9% in 2000. KP Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. i USA Inc. | What Might a Turnaround Expert Consider? 343 Review Unions: Union Membership Rates by Industry — Government = 37% Unionized vs. Private Sector’s 2-22% Union Membership Rates by Industry, 2000 - 2009 2009 Union Members (000) gm mm mm mee mm = 3 me oo we ne 3 6 Nn ee ——Transportation & Utilities 1,04 30% ---------------------------- +--+ +--+ === === 5-55 - eee —— Construction 826 5 Manufacturing 1,257 iv) ra — Information 275 g 20% -------- nn = Mining 58 E — Education & Health 1,664 F SS — Wholesale & Retail 1,056 5 10% ---.-.--- ye -oo 8 SS . Leisure 403 — Other 154 ———S ra — ee _ —— Business Services 379 eee 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 KP Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ce USA Inc. | What Might a Turnaround Expert Consider? 344 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021013