Unions Are Good for State Economies

More Unionized Workers Would Be Even Better

By David Madland and Karla Walter | December 18, 2008

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Unions paved the way to the middle class for millions of workers and pioneered benefits such as paid health care and pensions along the way. Even today, union workers earn significantly more on average than their non-union counterparts and union employers are more likely to provide benefits. And non-union workers—particularly in highly unionized industries—receive financial benefits from employers who increase wages to match what unions would win in order to avoid unionization.  Read more here.