Unions Lost Members in 2020. Here’s Where the Hits Were Hardest

At least 13 of the largest U.S. unions lost members as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelmed the U.S. economy last year, presenting a new setback for a labor movement already in decline.

The breadth of those losses varied by industry, though some public-sector unions managed to gain members, buoyed by essential worker designations, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of financial disclosures filed recently with the U.S. Labor Department. Hospitality took the brunt of the pain, with the UNITE HERE union losing a staggering 56% of its members, while some manufacturing and private-sector unions escaped harder hits from the impact of ...