Auto union membership up first time in 6 years (Obama bailout creating jobs!)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-autos-uaw-idUSTRE72U6U020110331

http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20110331&t=2&i=375487049&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2011-03-31T202351Z_01_BTRE72U1KNV00_RTROPTP_0_USA
A Ford Motor assembly worker works on a partially assembled 2012 Ford Focus vehicle at Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan March 17, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Rebecca Cook


DETROIT | Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:23pm EDT

DETROIT (Reuters) - United Auto Workers membership rose for the first time in six years in 2010, helped by a recovering U.S. auto industry and expanding to include workers outside that industry, the UAW said in a federal filing on Thursday.

UAW membership rose 6 percent in 2010 to 376,612 members, the first rise since 2004, when UAW-represented workers totaled 654,657.

Still, membership is way down since 1979, when it hovered near 1.5 million.

"This increase is a reflection of new organizing by the UAW, the recovery of the domestic auto industry and UAW members who won a first contract during the year," said UAW President Bob King. "We hope to continue this growth in 2011 and beyond, as we fight to win a more fair and democratic process for workers to organize unions in the United States."

Membership has risen in areas outside of the auto industry as the UAW expanded its footprint with gaming workers in Atlantic City, New Jersey, post-doctoral workers at the University of California system and other public and private company workers.

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