UAW Membership Highest Since 2008 as U.S. Automakers Added Jobs
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The United Auto Workers membership rose 0.5 percent to 382,513 last year, the union’s highest since 2008 and the third consecutive gain, as U.S. automakers added employees amid rising sales.
The UAW disclosed the 2012 figure, the largest for the union since its membership totaled 431,037 in 2008, in an e-mailed statement yesterday that cited a union filing with the U.S. Labor Department. The union added 1,794 members from 380,719 in 2011.