Unions are about respect. Training. Community. Collaboration. A voice on the job. Unions enable working people to come together and, through the collective bargaining process, negotiate for fairer wages. Union members earn nearly 28 percent more than nonunion members. The union wage benefit is greatest for people of color and women. Latino union workers earn nearly 51 percent more than their nonunion counterparts. Union women earn almost 34 percent more than nonunion women and African Americans in unions make 31 percent more. White male workers in unions make nearly 21 percent more than those who are not in unions, and Asian American workers in unions earn 1 percent more.

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME
WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS, 2010