Every worker has right to a Voice @ Work

* Dec. 6th/Dec. 10th kick-off events for campaign to restore the right to form unions and bargain collectively

* Member Mobilization Workshop on the Right to Organize

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Millions of Workers Want Unions

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27%

26%15%

26%

6%

Probably vote against

union

Definitely vote for union

Probably vote for union

Definitely vote against

union

Not sure

Among all nonmanagerial workers

53%

41%

Source: Peter Hart Research.

Recent polls indicate that over

42 million workers would join unions

if they could.

Union Wage Advantage

AFL-CIO Voice@Work CampaignSource: U.S. Department of Labor, “Employment and Earnings,” January 2003.

Nonunion Union

Union workers earn 26% more per week than those without a union.

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Organizing Strengthens Bargaining in Casinos

RenoLow union

density

Las VegasHigh union

density

Wages are 24% higher in Las Vegas than in Reno for identical occupations.

Source: HERE.

Organizing Strengthens Bargaining in Nursing Homes

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$8.75

8%

52%Bay Area

Los Angeles

California: Bay Area and Los AngelesUnion Density Wages

$12.17

Source: SEIU, “United We Win.”

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75%

49%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employee Benefits in Private Industry,” 2000.

Nonunion Union

75% of union workers get health benefits compared with 49% of nonunion workers: 26 percentage points union advantage.

Union Health Insurance Advantage

AFL-CIO Voice@Work CampaignSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employee Benefits in Private Industry,” 2000.

69% of union workers have guaranteed pensions compared with only 14% of nonunion workers: 55 percentage points union advantage.

69%

14%

Nonunion Union

Union Pension Advantage

Collective Bargaining Reduces Poverty

AFL-CIO Voice@Work CampaignSource: U.S. Census Bureau, BNA, 2001.

$22,110

$16,744

$20,384

$17,139

$20,509

$16,141

$19,677

$15,995

$20,883

$15,288

Cashiers Child CareWorkers

Maids TextileWorkers

Waiters

Annual Earnings

Nonunion Union

Poverty Line $17,472

$623

$408

$615$477

$667

$510

$740$587

All Workers +26% Women +31% African Americans +29%

Latinos +53%

Weekly Wages

Nonunion Union

Narrows Race and Gender Wage Gaps

AFL-CIO Voice@Work CampaignSource: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Earnings, January 2003.

AFL-CIO Voice@Work CampaignSource: U.S. Census Bureau, BNA, 2001.

Education

Weak Union States Strong Union States

Unemployment Insurance

Workers’ Compensation

Collective Bargaining Strengthens Our Social Safety Net

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Average tax cut below $140

Income of $46,000 or less=

Source: Citizens for Tax Justice.

Unions Counter Excessive Corporate Political Power in American Society

Average tax cut of $28,414

Income of $374,000 or more=

Bush Administration Tax Cut for the Rich

Freedom to Choose a Union Is a Fundamental Human and Legal Right

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“Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.”

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

“Employees shall have the right to…Form…labor organizations [and] to bargain collectively….

“It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer to interfere with…the exercise of [these] rights….”

National Labor Relations Act, 1935

American Workers Are Losing the Freedom to Form Unions and Bargain Collectively

28 Million Workers Are Not Covered by Law

• Farm workers

• Independent contractors

• Supervisors

• Domestic workers

• Public employees in 14 states

• Airport security workers

• Department of Homeland Security employees

For Those “Lucky” Enough to Be Covered by Law

• System designed to protect workers’ legal right to organize is broken!

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What happens to workers who try to organize?

How do employers interfere in union organizing?

During an organizing drive:

• 25% of employers illegally fire at least one worker for union activity. • 75% hire union busters.• 78% force workers to attend one -on-one meetings.• 92% force employees to attend closed door meetings.• 52% threaten to call the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)• 51% threaten to close the plant if the union wins.

It’s Time to Fight Back!

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• 42 million U.S. workers want unions and can’t get them.

• We are losing union density. If we don’t increase our numbers, we will lose all power at the bargaining table and in politics.

• The time to educate ourselves and get mobilized is now !

On Dec. 6th: After a training, more than 100 union members and allies will do house calls to engage other union members in the right to organize campaign!

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On Dec. 10th, participate in an evening of food and fellowship celebrating our commitment to take back the right to organize.

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