Monday, September 28, 2026 01:30pm
Important Stats
It’s Better Together, 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:
- 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.
- Union workers 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.
- 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.
- We have more job security—even and especially in moments of economic uncertainty.
- Countries where most workers are in a union are among the happiest and healthiest on Earth.
