Unions and Upward Mobility for Latino Workers
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s)/Creator(s): John Schmitt
Publishing Date: 2008-09-16
Issue Areas: Employment and Labor; Race and Ethnicity; Government Reform
Ownership/Rights Info: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 Generic
This report uses national data from 2004 to 2007 to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical Latino worker by 17.6 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that a Latino worker will have health insurance and a pension.
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Type/Format: Dataset; Evaluation; Policy Brief
Language code: English
Type/Format: Dataset; Evaluation; Policy Brief
Language code: English
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