Categories Burlington Financial Iowa Local News Political West Burlington 48.9% of Union Members Work for Government Post author By Falcon Post date January 29, 2016 Click here: American workers who belong to a union is only 11.1 percent, but the percentage of union members who work for government is 48.9 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ← Sex and the Power of the Visual → US schools get failing grade for financial literacy education