This article identifies and analyzes, by major occupational category, growth trends in local public employee unionization in the United States. Generally, growth of public sector unions has diminished since the early 1970s, and the importance of selected determinants for public sector unionization differs from the pattern found in the private sector. There is also considerable variation in how selected public occupational groups are affected by the general model of public employee union growth. Governmental policy towards unions and the region of the country are the strongest deter minants for predicting local public employee union growth.
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