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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Feel the benefit: union workers receive far better pay and rights, Congress finds

An union organizer outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. US union membership has declined markedly in recent decades.
An union organizer outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. US union membership has declined markedly in recent decades. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Workers represented by labor unions earn 10.2% higher wages than their non-union peers, have better benefits and collectively raise wages industry-wide, according to a report released by the House and Senate committees on Friday and first shared with the Guardian.

Joe Biden has pledged to be the most pro-union president in generations, and the report outlining the economic benefits of union membership was released as his administration pushes for legislative and executive-action efforts to support workers’ rights to organize.

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