Forming a union secures workers a voice
in their workplace so they can’t be exploited.

With a union contract, workers can contest mistreatment by bosses, advocate for changes to working conditions, and protect their health benefits. Standing together, union members bargain contracts that provide better pay, stronger benefits, and job protections, such as bans on subcontracting.  

Union members make an average of 30 percent more than non-union workers. Ninety-two percent of union members have guaranteed job-related health coverage versus 68 percent of non-union workers, whose employers could eliminate their coverage at any time. Union members also are more likely to have guaranteed pensions than non-union employees.