Senate Passes FAA Bill With Anti-Union Measure

Union Workers Have Better Health Care and Pensions


Unions enable working people to come together and, through a contract, bargain for health coverage and pensions, paid sick leave and other benefits. Union workers are more likely than their nonunion counterpar­ts to be covered by health insurance, and to receive pension benefits and paid sick leave, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics­. In March 2010, 84 percent of union workers were covered by health insurance through their jobs, compared with only 55 percent of nonunion workers.
87 percent of workers in unions participat­e in pension plans versus 49 percent of nonunion workers. Seventy-ei­ght percent of union workers have guaranteed pensions, compared with 19 percent of nonunion workers. Roughly 83 percent of workers in unions have paid sick leave compared with 64 percent of nonunion workers.

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