The Right to Organize
Unions lead to higher wages, better benefits and a more secure retirement. Union workers earn 26 percent more, on average, than non-union workers, are half as likely to be victims of safety violations or of wage theft, more likely to have health coverage, and more likely to have a pension.
However, the rights of workers to join together and bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions have been severely undermined. Sixty years ago, nearly a third of all workers belonged to a union. Today, that number has gone down to less than 11 percent. When workers become interested in forming unions, at least 75% of employers hire outside consultants to run anti-union campaigns. An employee who engages in union organizing campaigns has a one in five chance of getting fired.
Whether it's affordable childcare, paid time off to take care of a sick family member, a strong pension, safe working conditions, or a livable wage: when workers unionize, they they can achieve all of this and more. Unions keep inequality, discrimination, and sexual harassment at bay. As more and more workers join unions, not only do we build power at the workplace, but in communities as well.
However, the rights of workers to join together and bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions have been severely undermined. Sixty years ago, nearly a third of all workers belonged to a union. Today, that number has gone down to less than 11 percent. When workers become interested in forming unions, at least 75% of employers hire outside consultants to run anti-union campaigns. An employee who engages in union organizing campaigns has a one in five chance of getting fired.
Whether it's affordable childcare, paid time off to take care of a sick family member, a strong pension, safe working conditions, or a livable wage: when workers unionize, they they can achieve all of this and more. Unions keep inequality, discrimination, and sexual harassment at bay. As more and more workers join unions, not only do we build power at the workplace, but in communities as well.