October 2025 APCA MARKET PENETRATION RESEARCH www.ContinuumCapital.net Union Membership 1980 to Present Since 1993, construction spending is up 2.5x (real dollars). – Power Construction – which includes nearly all pipeline/station work is up 3.2x (real dollars). Construction union percentage is down from approximately 20% to approximately 10%. Assuming a consistent ratio of bodies to dollars from 1993 to 2023, union bodies have grown 25% while merit shop bodies have grown 180%. 94 Source: 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even downloaded from https://unionstats.com/; Original Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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