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With union membership up by 265,000 last year – the largest increase in two decades, "more workers are forming unions because they want a say in the issues that affect them at work, such as wages, benefits and working conditions," the AFL-CIO reported.
That reason is valid, according to a recent report from the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Median weekly earnings for full-time workers in 1999 were 30 percent higher for union members than for non-union workers.
The union wage advantage in 1999 was 35 percent for union women and 39 percent for African American workers, the AFL-CIO reported. Latino union members made 55 percent more than non-union Latino workers.
Among full-time workers, union members' median weekly earnings were $672, compared with $516 for non-union workers.
Union workers out earned non-union workers in every category. Among men, weekly earnings were $711 for union members and $599 for non-union. For women, weekly earnings were $608 compared with $449 for non-union women workers.
Median weekly wages for union African American workers were $575 while those for non-union were $415. Weekly wages for African American men were $588 for union workers and $459 for non-union. Weekly wages for African American women were $548 for union members and $388 for non-union workers.
Union Hispanic workers earned $561 weekly, compared with $393 for non-union. Weekly wages for Hispanic men were $604 for union and $384 for non-union. Weekly wages for Hispanic women were $490 for union members and $329 for non-union women.
Whites in unions earned $692 in median weekly wages, while non-union white workers earned $534. Weekly wages for white men were $731 for union members and $615 for non-union. Weekly wages for white women were $619, compared with $461 for non-union.
Union members also out earned non-union workers in construction, manufacturing, transportation and public utilities, wholesale and retail trade and services industries.
For occupational categories the union wage difference was highest among operators, fabricators, and laborers; in service occupations; and in farming, forestry and fishing. Union members also out earned non-union workers in the categories of managerial and professional specialty; technical, sales and administrative support; and precision production, craft and repair.
