strike for more dignity and better-working conditions because the strength of the american economy is not some abstract thing. it is based on the labor of each and every worker in america. this chart shows the decrease in american union membership from 1967 to 2018, and the corresponding decrease in middle-class share of income. studies reported in usa today and forbes show that union membership is particularly advantageous for black and hispanic workers, and that the racial-wage gap is considerably smaller in unionized workplaces. so, if you believe that all american workers deserve dignity at their jobs, what can you do? first of all, treat people with respect at their workplaces. with the holiday season coming up and black friday next week,
puts in people who are pretty antiunion. last year according to federal statistics, the number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions declined to 14.5 million come a drop from the year before of just under a quarter of a million people. the bureau of labour statistics told us that the total number of america s unionized labor force is almost evenly split between public and private sector unions with roughly 7 million in each sector. in november, fox news exit polls said among 18% of voters who admitted to having an union member in their household, it was 51% for hillary clinton, 42% for donald trump. that marked a drop of five percentage points from their share of president obama and 2012. the peak of american union membership was back in the mid-1950s when more than one-third of all u.s. wage and salary workers belonged to one. jenna: thank you. jon: now this fox news alert, the actor and host of