Not altogether surprisingly, unionized workers have greater access to employee-sponsored medical benefits, paid time off and are in a better position to weather economic downturns, a study showed.
Research by the Economy Policy Institute indicated that 94 percent of workers belonging to a union have the health benefits, while just 68 percent of nonunion workers do. Unionized workers make on average 11.2 percent more in wages than their non-unionized peers doing the same job and who have corresponding education and experience.
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