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Mar 16, 2022 · Ohio had 596,000 union members in 2021. In addition to these members, another 51,000 wage and salary workers in Ohio were represented by a union on their main job or covered by an employee association or contract while not union members themselves.
Mar 18, 2021 · With plants closing amid global competition and companies demanding more leeway, the share of U.S. workers who were union members has been on the decline since the 1980s.
Union affiliation by U.S. state (2023) [1] [2] Rank State Percent union members Percent change Union members Percent represented by unions Percent change Represented
Sep 4, 2023 · CLEVELAND — While the United States has seen a steady decline in union membership over the past 40 years, Ohio saw a slight increase in membership of around 50,000 in 2022 compared to 2021....
- clay.lepard@wews.com
- October 31, 2024
- Reporter
- Background
- Methodology: How We Measure Union Density
- Economic Well-Being
- Personal Well-Being
- Democratic Well-Being
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
A wealth of scholarship documents the positive effects unions have for workers, both those who are unionized and those who are not. We summarize these below. Higher wages and decreased income inequality.On average, a worker covered by a union contract earns 10.2% more in wages than a peer with similar education, occupation, and experience in a nonu...
First, a brief note on how we measure union density at the state level. In this report, we categorize union density as the share of workers in a state who are members of a union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Union density data are averaged across states from 2015 to 2019 to give a more accurate estimate of state unionization rate...
The first category of well-being we examine is economic well-being, broadly defined as working people having the means to support themselves. We look at the relationship between union density and three indicators related to economic security and stability: the minimum wage, median income, and the unemployment insurance (UI) recipiency rate. We find...
The second category of well-being we examine is personal well-being, which we define as an individual’s physical and mental health. Within the category of personal well-being, we look at three indicators: health care coverage, Medicaid expansion, and access to paid family and sick leave. As we demonstrate below, states with higher union density are...
The final category we examine is democratic well-being, specifically the right to vote. Recent sustained attacks on this fundamental right threaten to undermine democratic stability. We look at legislation restricting voting and find that there is a strong correlation between voting restrictions and low union density. The right to vote is a core te...
In this report, we have sought to demonstrate that the benefits of unionization extend far beyond the workplace. High union density is consistently associated with a much broader set of positive spillover effects across multiple dimensions. Not only do unions directly benefit the workers they represent, but their political advocacy helps to drive a...
The authors thank William E. Spriggs, whose research inspired this report; John Schmitt for his thoughtful input; and Daniel Perez for his research assistance.
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Sep 6, 2021 · The typical Ohio worker represented by a union made $23.47 per hour in 2020, compared with $19.46 for non-union workers, a union wage premium of $4.01 per hour (20.6%). Wages were not the only way unions made a difference in the working lives of Ohioans during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jan 28, 2022 · The share of Ohio workers in unions dipped last year, in line with a national trend of declining union membership. The big picture: The percentage of American workers belonging to a union in 2021 fell to 10.3%, Axios' Nathan Bomey writes.
