sez them (for labor day...)

• Union members earn 26 percent more than their nonunion counterparts.
• More than 75 percent of union workers have health benefits. Less than half of nonunion workers have health coverage.
• Nearly 70 percent of union workers have a pension. Only 14 percent of nonunion workers have one.
• The 10 states where unions are strongest have higher earnings, better health coverage, less crime, more civic participation, less poverty and better schools than the 10 states where union membership is lowest.
• 25 percent of employers illegally fire at least one worker for union activity during organizing campaigns.
• 75 percent of employers hire union-busters to fight union organizing.
• 78 percent of employers force employees to attend one-on-one meetings with their own supervisors against the union.
• 52 percent of employers threaten to call the Immigration and Naturalization Service during organizing that includes undocumented workers.
• 51 percent of companies threaten to close the plant if the union wins the election, however, less than 1 percent ever actually do that.

sez them (for labor day...)

• Union members earn 26 percent more than their nonunion counterparts.
• More than 75 percent of union workers have health benefits. Less than half of nonunion workers have health coverage.
• Nearly 70 percent of union workers have a pension. Only 14 percent of nonunion workers have one.
• The 10 states where unions are strongest have higher earnings, better health coverage, less crime, more civic participation, less poverty and better schools than the 10 states where union membership is lowest.
• 25 percent of employers illegally fire at least one worker for union activity during organizing campaigns.
• 75 percent of employers hire union-busters to fight union organizing.
• 78 percent of employers force employees to attend one-on-one meetings with their own supervisors against the union.
• 52 percent of employers threaten to call the Immigration and Naturalization Service during organizing that includes undocumented workers.
• 51 percent of companies threaten to close the plant if the union wins the election, however, less than 1 percent ever actually do that.