Factoid of the day: Don't look for the union label

"For the first time in American history," today's New York Times reports, "a majority of union members are government workers rather than private-sector employees."

Last year, the U.S. had 7.9 million unionized workers in the public sector and 7.4 million in private industry. Only 7. 2 percent of the private sector workforce belongs to a labor union, the lowest percentage since 1900.

(Source: NY Times, 1/23/10)