It does. For example the only reason Nissan employees make as much as they do now is not by accident. It's just close enough to what the union workers get so that it's not worth organizing.
But you are correct the unions don't have a lot of power like they used to. Still they do keep wages up for all American workers.
My brother has to deal with unions in several countries. He's a VP of HR. Negotiating with the unions is a big part of what he does. Unions in every country still have a lot of power. I asked him what if there were no unions and he said as quick as he could, "workers would be screwed".
In the business of Retail Food, the employers who offer the most Tremendous wages are Trader Joe, Whole Foods and Costco.
Trader Joes and Whole Foods are strictly 100% pure Scab. And Costco is 90% Proudly non-union despite the praise they receive from B. Hussein O.
The idea that unions have any influence at all with employers they don't represent, is absurd
Just because it's too hard for your right wing mind to grasp the fact that unions even bring Honda wages up, doesn't mean it's not true. What is absurd is your inability to understand basic concepts. I'm sorry if this is all too much for you to understand
Unions have a substantial impact on the compensation and work lives of both unionized and non-unionized workers. This report presents current data on unions’ effect on wages, fringe benefits, total compensation, pay inequality, and workplace protections.
Some of the conclusions are:
- Unions raise wages of unionized workers by roughly 20% and raise compensation, including both wages and benefits, by about 28%.
- Unions reduce wage inequality because they raise wages more for low- and middle-wage workers than for higher-wage workers, more for blue-collar than for white-collar workers, and more for workers who do not have a college degree.
- Strong unions set a pay standard that nonunion employers follow. For example, a high school graduate whose workplace is not unionized but whose industry is 25% unionized is paid 5% more than similar workers in less unionized industries.
- The impact of unions on total nonunion wages is almost as large as the impact on total union wages.
- The most sweeping advantage for unionized workers is in fringe benefits. Unionized workers are more likely than their nonunionized counterparts to receive paid leave, are approximately 18% to 28% more likely to have employer-provided health insurance, and are 23% to 54% more likely to be in employer-provided pension plans.
- Unionized workers receive more generous health benefits than nonunionized workers. They also pay 18% lower health care deductibles and a smaller share of the costs for family coverage. In retirement, unionized workers are 24% more likely to be covered by health insurance paid for by their employer.
- Unionized workers receive better pension plans. Not only are they more likely to have a guaranteed benefit in retirement, their employers contribute 28% more toward pensions.
- Unionized workers receive 26% more vacation time and 14% more total paid leave (vacations and holidays).
Unions play a pivotal role both in securing legislated labor protections and rights such as safety and health, overtime, and family/medical leave and in enforcing those rights on the job. Because unionized workers are more informed, they are more likely to benefit from social insurance programs such as unemployment insurance and workers compensation. Unions are thus an intermediary institution that provides a necessary complement to legislated benefits and protections.
