Membership
In the 1970s, the Teamsters Union claimed to have 2.2 million members.
Fast forward to today and the Union has lost hundreds of thousands of members, down to about 1.2 million members.
Fewer members means less dues money, so in recent years the Teamsters Union has been recruiting everyone - parking attendants, blood collection workers - to increase membership.
Teamsters Union Membership
Source: The Bureau of National Affairs
Representation
The Teamsters Union is desperately trying to increase its membership through organizing campaigns. The Union filed 3,730 representation petitions for election with the NLRB in the last 10 years. However, the Teamsters wound up winning just just 47.6% of the time.
Teamsters Union Petitions for Representation
Source: The Bureau of National Affairs
Decertification
And rather than adding new members, the Teamsters Union has been involved in 681 decertification petitions since 2015, where union members decide whether to kick out the union. The Union was only able to win 17% of the decertification petitions filed, again not a good sign for a struggling union.
Teamsters Union Petitions for Decertification
Source: The Bureau of National Affairs
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