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Union density not as low as headline figures: Peetz

A leading academic analyst's reassessment of ABS union membership data shows that the drop in density isn't quite as "dire" as the headline figures suggest, while new statistics show union membership in the US continuing its slow decline to just 6% in the private sector (down from 6.1%) and 10.1% overall (down from 10.3%).

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