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Union workers earn higher wages and get more benefits than
workers who don’t have a voice on the job with a union.
Union workers’ median weekly earnings $908
Nonunion workers’ median weekly earnings $710
Union wage advantage 28%
Union women’s median weekly earnings $840
Nonunion women’s median weekly earnings $628
Union wage advantage for women 34%
African American union workers’ median weekly
earnings $749
African American nonunion workers’ median weekly
earnings $581
Union wage advantage for African Americans 29%
Latino union workers’ median weekly earnings $774
Latino nonunion workers’ median weekly earnings
$516
Union wage advantage for Latinos 50%
Asian American union workers’ median weekly
earnings $907
Asian American nonunion workers’ median weekly
earnings $870
Union wage advantage for Asian Americans 4%
Union workers covered by employer-provided health
insurance 78%
Nonunion workers covered by employer-provided
health insurance 51%
Union health insurance advantage 53%
Union workers without health insurance coverage
2.9%
Nonunion workers without health insurance
coverage 14.2%
Nonunion workers are four times more likely to
lack health insurance coverage
Union workers covered by guaranteed
(defined-benefit) pensions 77%
Nonunion workers covered by guaranteed
(defined-benefit) pensions 20%
Union pension advantage 285%
Union workers with short-term disability benefits
46%
Nonunion workers with short-term disability
benefits 34%
Union short-term disability benefits advantage
35%
Sources:
U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Union
Members–2009, Jan. 22, 2010; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics,
Employee
Benefits in the United States, March 2009, September 2009;
Employee Benefit Research Institute,
EBRI Notes,
October 2009.
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