New Study: Union Workers Have Better Family-Friendly Benefits Than Their Non-Union Counterparts

A new study released this week by the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that when it comes to paid family leave, paid sick days, family health insurance and child-care benefits, unionized workers always have more generous benefits than their non-unionized counterparts. Family-friendly workplace policies are more important than ever before, as more families are struggling to balance work and care-giving responsibilities.

“As Congress prepares to debate the Employee Free Choice Act in coming months, policy makers should understand that unions have helped improve workplace policies for thousands of working families and could do the same things for millions more if the Employee Free Choice Act becomes the law of the land,” said report co-author Netsy Firestein, executive director of the nonprofit Labor Project For Working Families.

Read the report at http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/