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We Need Strong Unions. They Build The Middle Class.

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Labor unions build more than roads and bridges. Unions build the middle class. Did you know:

● Unions increase individual incomes by lifting hourly wages—particularly for low-income workers.

● Unions increase consumer demand.

● Unions reduce socially inefficient levels of income inequality.

● Unions fight against all forms of discrimination. They believe in equal pay for equal work, no matter your gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

● Union workers receive less government assistance.

● Union workers contribute more in income taxes.

● Unions increase productivity in construction, manufacturing, and education.

● Unions reduce employee turnover rates.

● Unions fight against child labor and for public education.

Visit FightBackWithUs.com to learn more about why we need unions.

Illinois needs strong unions. Already, they’re making a big difference for working families in our state, where unions raise worker wages by an average of 10.1 percent.

Illinois’s union wage effect is the 17th-highest in the nation. The union wage differential is higher for the bottom 10 percent of workers (10.4 percent) than the richest 10 percent of workers (8.4 percent).

posted by Advertising Department
Wednesday, May 1, 19 @ 2:13 pm

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