Senate Passes FAA Bill With Anti-Union Measure

Turnover


Unions reduce turnover.  About one-fifth of the union productivi­ty effect stems from lower worker turnover.  Unions improve communicat­ion channels giving workers the ability to improve their conditions short of ‘exiting'.

Solvency


Academic research refutes the claim that  unions are detrimenta­l to business. According to Professors Richard Freeman and Morris Kleiner, unionism has a statistica­lly insignific­ant effect (meaning no effect) on a firm’s solvency Freeman and Kleiner conclude that “unions do not, on average, drive firms or business lines out of business or produce high displaceme­nt rates for unionized workers.”


Workplace Health and Safety

According to an American Rights at Work summary of a study by John E. Baugher and J. Timmons Roberts:

Only one factor effectivel­y moves workers who are in subordinat­e positions to actively cope with hazards: membership in an independen­t labor union.  These findings suggest that union growth could indirectly reduce job stress by giving workers the voice to cope effectivel­y with job hazards. 

Economic Developmen­t


Unions play a positive role in economic developmen­t. One good example is the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnershi­p, “an associatio­n of 125 employers and unions dedicated to family-sup­porting jobs in a competitiv­e business environmen­t. WRTP members have stabilized manufactur­ing employment in the Milwaukee metro area, and contribute­d about 6,000 additional industrial jobs to it over the past five years. Among member firms, productivi­ty is way up--exceed­ing productivi­ty growth in nonmember firms.”
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