Monday, March 1, 2010

State by State, Unions Matter

 from Truthout. The author examines a study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
...the findings show clearly that "unions substantially improved the pay and benefits of workers in every state."

Beyond that, unionized workers have a greater say, not only about their working conditions, but also in political affairs and community activities, given organized labor's prominence in such matters.

A large part of the reason many workers nevertheless remain outside of unions is the notoriously lax enforcement of the laws that were designed to guarantee working Americans the unfettered right to unionization.