HOW UNIONS WORK
How do Unions secure great benefits for their members? It all starts with collective bargaining.
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
We bargain as a team, negotiating with our employers to contribute to a suite of health and financial benefits — ensuring great coverage at great rates.
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Members pool resources to support negotiation efforts, hire legal representation, and build organizational capacity, arming us to win now and fight for the future.
SECURED
FUTURE
These cooperative efforts allow us to enjoy benefits that would otherwise be unavailable to our workers and our families.
LIFE IN A UNION
As a result of collective bargaining, life is better in a Union. Here are a few of the reasons why.
PAY EQUALITY
Women who are members of unions are paid 33% more than non-union members.
RETIREMENT
Union members are twice as likely to have access to retirement options like pension.
SAFETY
Before Unions, working conditions were incredibly dangerous and unregulated.
WINS, FOR ALL OF US
Unions have a long history of supporting the rights of all workers. Often, hard-fought Union victories will extend to all Americans.
CHILD LABOR
LAWS
Labor unions were instrumental in pushing for child labor laws to protect young workers, fighting for the passage of The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Source: UAW
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