From pay to training to retirement, LIUNA members live better. 

Men and women working in the construction industry see the difference a union makes in every paycheck and in their benefits.

• The average hourly wage for union workers is $33.86, compared with $28.95 for workers who don’t have a union.
• When it comes to weekly earnings, median union worker pay far exceeds weekly pay for nonunion workers – $1,263 compared with $1090. That’s more than a 15% percent pay advantage.
• The value of benefits received by union workers is $22.26 per hour, compared with only $11.32 for workers who don’t have a union. The hourly value of insurance provided for union workers $7.10, compared with $2.69 for workers without a union. The value of retirement benefits earned by union workers is $4.85 per hour, compared with only $1.12 for nonunion workers.
• Among workers with a union, 96 percent have healthcare – compared with 69 percent of non-union workers. Among union workers, 79 percent have defined benefit pensions – meaning the monthly retirement benefit is stable, regardless of conditions on Wall Street – compared with only 17 percent of non-union workers.

Source for above is https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf , https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t05.htm , and https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf 

Having a union helps neutralize pay discrimination and gives younger workers a better shot at good jobs. The most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows:

• For women in a union, the weekly pay advantage is 24 percent over non-union women in the workforce.
• For Hispanic and Latino union workers, the weekly pay advantage is 39 percent.
• For African American union workers, the weekly pay advantage is 26 percent.
• Workers 16 to 24 years old earn nearly 20 percent more if they have a union.

LIUNA workers have access to one of the best continuing FREE education systems in the world.

• With dozens of courses available in more than 70 training centers, top-notch training opens the door to new opportunities and provides members with valuable skills that build life-long construction careers.
• Classes are available in every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada.

Unions like LIUNA help protect workers’ lives.

• Members are empowered with the ability to speak out about workplace hazards.
• Members are provided with training in order to recognize potential hazards.
• A Bureau of Labor Statistics study found that the construction fatality rate in states in so-called “right to work” states, where unions are discouraged, are 37 percent higher.