Connecticut employees who are labor union members grew both in number and as a percentage of the total workforce last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Connecticut had 231,000 union workers in 2014, or 14.8 percent of the workforce. That was up from 207,000 union workers, or 13.5 percent in 2013. The number of employed residents in the state grew by 29,000 over the measured time period.
The rest of New England had mixed results.
Vermont added 1,000 union jobs, growing its percentage of labor jobs from 10.9 percent to 11.1 percent, while New Hampshire’s percentage ticked up from 9.6 percent to 9.9 percent.
Massachusetts union membership percentage was flat at 13.7 percent.
Maine’s union membership percentage ticked down a tenth of a point, to 11 percent, while Rhode Island — which has the greatest ratio of union jobs — declined from 16.9 percent to 15.1 percent.
