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The Union Difference: Facts from the AFL-CIO
Union workers get more benefits and earn higher wages than workers who don’t have a voice on the job with a union.
Union workers participating in job-provided health insurance 79%
Non-union workers participating in job-provided health insurance 52%
Union workers are 52% more likely than non-union workers to have job-provided health care.
Union workers without health insurance coverage 2.5%
Non-union workers without health insurance coverage 15%
Nonunion workers are five times more likely to lack health insurance coverage.
Union workers participating in guaranteed (defined-benefit) pension plans 77%
Non-union workers participating in guaranteed (defined-benefit) pension plans 20%
Union workers are 50% more likely than non-union workers to have paid personal leave.
Union workers’ average days of paid vacation 15 days
Non-union workers’ average days of paid vacation 11.75 days
Union paid vacation advantage 28%.
Union workers’ median weekly earnings $886
Non-union workers’ median weekly earnings $691
Union wage advantage 28%
Union women’s median weekly earnings $809
Non-union women’s median weekly earnings $615
Union wage advantage for women 32%
African American union workers’ median weekly earnings $720
African American non-union workers’ median weekly earnings $564
Union wage advantage for African Americans 28%
Latino union workers’ median weekly earnings $733
Latino non-union workers’ median weekly earnings $512
Union wage advantage for Latinos 43%
Asian American union workers’ median weekly earnings $902
Asian American non-union workers’ median weekly earnings $852
Sources:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union Members in 2008, Jan. 28, 2009; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2008, August 2008; Economic Policy Institute; Employee Benefits Research Institute, May 2005. AFL-CIO website: www.aflcio.org
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