While the national wage gap between men and women stubbornly refuses to go away, a new study from the National Women’s Law Center shows — unsurprisingly — that it pays to be a union woman.
While the national wage gap continues to hover around 20 percent for women doing the same work as men, union-represented women have that gap cut almost in half — still not perfect, but much better.
The NWLC notes that women make up the majority of both public sector employees and the majority of unionized public sector workers. And speaking of wage gaps — women represented by public sector unions are paid 24 percent more than their public sector counterparts who are not represented by unions.
The NWLC report deems AFSCME and other public sector unions “… a beacon of hope for working women” and goes on to declare that “… public sector unions provide much-needed economic security and equality for working women.”
Read the full report.
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