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Unions – the facts
Communities as well as states are stronger when unions are strong. While unions are just one factor affecting the quality of living, the pattern indicates that when workers have a voice at work, the community also benefits. And when employers interfere in workers’ decision to join a union, the community loses - living standards decline and income inequality grows. Ten states with strongest unions (based on percentage of the workforce with a union) are Hawaii, New York, Alaska, New Jersey, Washington State, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, California and Connecticut. Ten states with weakest unions (based on percentage of the workforce with a union) are North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Utah, Mississippi and South Dakota. |
Unions do more than simply give the working men and women representation and a voice in the workplace.
In addition to fighting for a living wage, benefits, and the equal treatment of all workers, unions by their
very nature raise the standard of living for the working class. 