Black workers represented by a union are paid 13.7% more than their nonunionized peers. Black and Hispanic workers get a larger boost from unionization.Unionized workers (workers covered by a union contract) earn on average 11.2% more in wages than nonunionized peers (workers in the same industry and occupation with similar education and experience).Following are just a few of the benefits, according to the latest data: These pandemic-specific benefits build on the many ways unions help workers. During the crisis, unionized workers have been able to secure enhanced safety measures, additional premium pay, paid sick time, and a say in the terms of furloughs or work-share arrangements to save jobs.
labor laws to arrest the erosion of those rights. What this report finds: The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored both the importance of unions in giving workers a collective voice in the workplace and the urgent need to reform U.S.
