Worker solidarity
It’s Better in a Union
Standing together with co-workers in a union makes a tangible difference you can feel every day. Here are just a few benefits:
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Union contracts negotiated in 2023 gave workers an average first-year wage increase of 6.6%. This is more than double the average in 2020, and the highest level since Bloomberg Law started tracking more than 36 years ago.
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Union households have 1.7 times the median wealth of nonunion households, and workers in labor unions make 18% more in wages than our nonunion counterparts.
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We are more likely to have health care benefits. More than nine out of 10 union members have access to employer-provided health insurance, compared to 68% of nonunion workers, according to the Department of Labor.
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We work in safer workplaces. One study found job sites that were unionized have lost-time claims at a 31% lower rate than non-unionized sites.
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We have more job security—even and especially in moments of economic crisis.
Countries where most workers are in a union are among the happiest and healthiest on Earth.
Life is better in a union.
