The Union Difference

Life is sweeter in a union

When we stand together, we have the power to negotiate for the wages and benefits we have earned. But being in a union is about more than just pay and benefits. It’s about respect for the work we do. It’s about being safe and protected on the job. It’s about having the resources and training to do our jobs well. And it’s about always having someone to turn to if something’s not right. Read the stories below to see union power in action.

Milwaukee Public Schools secretaries win hazard pay as organizing effort continues

Strong and united, school personnel in Milwaukee fought to win hazard pay.

Fed-up workers spark national wave of activism

Workers across the country are increasingly taking to the picket line or threatening to strike this October.

The union difference: Greatest wealth gains are for Black and Hispanic union households

A new analysis from the Center for American Progress shows that while unions benefit every worker and their family members, they provide larger wealth increases to Black and Hispanic households.

More than 18,000 union health care workers in California vote to authorize strike

Thousands of California health care workers are prepared to strike if Kaiser Permanente fails to address understaffing, wages and other issues.

Baltimore Museum of Art workers are latest to join a national wave of museum organizing

Workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art are forming a union – the latest in a national wave of organizing in cultural institutions.

Virginia library workers push back on Sunday reopening, demand chance to provide input

By speaking up, workers in Virginia were able to change Arlington Public Libraries’ Sunday openings schedule – the power of the union difference.