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Labor Day
… just a few benefits: Workers in labor unions make 18% more in wages than our nonunion counterparts. We are more likely to have health care benefits. More than nine out of 10 union members have access to employer-provided health insurance, compared to 68% of nonunion workers, according to the Department of Labor. We work in safer workplaces. One study found job sites that were unionized have lost-time claims at a 31% lower rate than … happiest and healthiest on Earth. Life is better in a union. That’s why this Labor Day we’re celebrating our fundamental right to organize by reminding workers across the world—it’s better in a union! … …