WASHINGTON – A new report reveals that Big Labor is becoming a little less large with each passing year.

The Associated Press reports that 11.3 percent of American workers belong to a union, down from 35 percent during organized labor’s post-World War II glory days.

It turns out that government employees are the only ones preventing Big Labor from being downgraded to Small Labor. Just 1-in-15 private sector workers are paying union dues these days. However, about 1-in-3 federal, state and local government workers belong to a labor union, making so-called public servants the largest segment of the Big Labor coalition, the AP reports.

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“The typical union worker now is more likely to be an educator, office worker or food or service industry employee rather than a construction worker, autoworker, electrician or mechanic,” the news organization writes.

Case in point: the National Education Association – a union of public school teachers, administrators, teacher aides and secretaries – is the largest labor union in the nation, with 3.2 million members.

The second-largest labor group in the country – the Service Employees International Union – draws about half of its 2.1 million members from government workers,  such as school lunch room workers and custodians.

The third-largest union – the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees – is comprised of nothing but “public servants” and has 1.6 million members.

Coming in fourth is the American Federation of Teachers, with 1.5 million members.

Once one knows the extent of Big Labor’s dependence on public school employees for its survival, it makes sense why union-controlled politicians are continually clamoring for larger and larger K-12  “investments.” More school spending means more union members, more dues dollars for union coffers, and more political muscle to fight off reforms.

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This information also explains why Big Labor and its political friends have such a hatred of charter schools, as the alternative public schools typically don’t have unionized staff members.

Thankfully, more and more Americans are realizing the absurdity of allowing government employees to “organize” against their employer, the U.S. taxpayers. The leader of this movement is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican.

From the AP:

“In 2011, (Walker) … took on public sector unions forcefully soon after he was swept into office. He got enacted a bill effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers in the state. He withstood huge labor demonstrations at the state Capitol and then became the first governor in U.S. history to defeat a recall attempt. The law has been challenged in court, and continues to be. But its main thrust so far has been upheld.”

The U.S. Supreme Court also dealt a blow to Big Labor with its recent ruling that home-care workers who are paid with government funds cannot be coerced into joining a labor group.

“The ruling was narrowly drawn, but it could reverberate through the universe of unions that represent government workers,” the AP notes.

Even amidst all of these setbacks, Big Labor is still worthy of its nickname because it has enough money and manpower to impact the political process. One analyst tells the AP that labor unions are especially potent in states “that allow monopoly unionization through collective bargaining.”

So far, only five states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia and Virginia – don’t allow their public servants to organize against the taxpayers. But that number may grow if conservative voters create a political tsunami at the ballot box this November, as is widely predicted.