WDRB: “The share of unionized workers in Kentucky ticked up in 2022, bucking the national trend, according to federal data released this month.
It marks the first increase in the state’s share of union workers in six years, though the rate is still well below the level of unionization in Kentucky prior to 2017’s right-to-work law, which prohibits mandatory union contributions in workplaces.
In 2022, 7.9% of Kentucky workers belonged to a union, up from 7.2% in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s annual survey.”