(Case Study: Unionizing Information Technology Workers) Why haven’t unions been more successful in organizing IT workers? Graduate and research assistants at New York University in 2000 were granted the right to join unions, but a federal body reversed that decision in 2004. Do you think the unions would have been more successful in organizing this group than IT workers? Why or why not?

Macmillan Learning. Since the 1970s the number of jobs in manufacturing has decreased in the United States, while the number of service industry jobs have risen substantially. What possible effect did this change have on union membership in the United States? Union membership decreased because most unions were in manufacturing. Union membership increased because more jobs became available. There was no effect on union membership since total number of jobs was unchanged. O No option is correct.