The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on January 23 released its annual union membership report for 2023. This year's report showed that despite growing slightly in absolute terms, union membership as a percentage of the workforce declined by one-tenth of a point from 10.1% to 10%, the lowest percentage on record.

In all my years of covering United Airlines on Live and Let's Fly, I cannot recall ever seeing such a public and bitter war of words between the airline and the union representing its flights attendants. But is the union anger justified? And might there actually be a clandestine civil war going on within flight attendant ranks?

The union that represents the AFL-CIO's staffers is in the midst of contentious negotiations with the big labor group, Emily writes. Why it matters: The momentum behind workers is so strong lately, that even labor unions are having labor troubles.

The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the union representing United flight attendants, has reached a deal with United that will preserve most jobs even if Congress does not fund a payroll support extension. But the agreement comes at the expense of its most junior members, who must be wondering today why the union has a different definition of “solidarity” than they do.

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) represents American Airlines flight attendants. The union has just sent a note to members with a pretty shocking statistic. The union claims that: 7,636 flight attendants are behind on their union dues, representing around 32% of the membership

The second-biggest airline union has continued to oust dissident leaders in an internal political battle, undermining hopes that the U.S. labor movement might emerge as an irreproachable voice for working people. Instead, the International Association of Machinists is rapidly accumulating a series of dismissals of top officers followed by lawsuits.