Texas Union Membership Numbers Reach 10-Year High
TEXAS – Today, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report on union density in the country, showing that the number of Texas union members is the highest it's been in ten years and has been steadily growing since 2021.
“The number of Texas union members is the highest it’s been in ten years, and that’s for a good reason,” said Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy. “Texas workers are learning that unions are the clearest path to improving their lives, and they’re organizing to demand fair treatment, better wages, and respect on the job. The Texas AFL-CIO will continue to fight for all workers in Texas.”
Whether you’re a teacher, firefighter, farm worker, actor, public employee, nurse, construction worker, or any other profession — joining a union is your right. Nothing about Texas’s status as a so-called “right to work” state prevents union organizing, and unions are at historic levels of popularity in polls. The rise in Texas union membership reflects that popularity.
The BLS data on union membership are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households that obtains information on employment and unemployment among the nation's civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over.
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The Texas AFL-CIO is the state labor federation consisting of 240,000 affiliated union members and advocates for working people in Texas. Learn more at texasaflcio.org