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Princeton Economists Find That Unions Had Historical Role In Helping Address Income Inequality
Princeton University
Among the study’s findings were that unions consistently have provided workers with a 10- to 20-percent wage boost over their non-union counterparts over the past eight decades. The researchers also discovered that when unions have expanded, whether at the national or state level, they tended to draw in more unskilled workers and raise their relative wages, with significant impacts on inequality.
Exclusive: Nurse Speaks Out Over Johns Hopkins’ ‘Anti-Union Campaign’
The Real News Network
Hopkins nurse Kate Phillips says the hospital has prevented nurses from discussing the benefits of a union, and that the hospital faces a high attrition rate and low staff to patient ratios.