Here's a new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research here in Washington that finds that for women in the US, joining a union is as beneficial as having a college degree. Read that again. It's a pretty remarkable statement.
Check this out:
The report , which analyzed data from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS), found that unionization raises the pay of women workers by almost $2.00 per hour. According to the report, women workers in unions were also 19 percentage points more likely to have employer-provided health insurance, all the more significant, since women pay higher premium rates individually than men. Women workers were also 26 percentage points more likely to have an employer-provided pension plan than women workers who were not in unions.
This is the kind of thing the Republican Party is fighting. This is why this is so important. It's so much harder to unionize in America than it is in any other advanced country. And there's a reason. Unions cost employers money. And give people needless luxuries like health insurance.
