For women, union jobs eliminate the pay gap

AFSCME Council 5
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3 in a series of 16
For women, union jobs
eliminate the pay gap
•On average, American
women earn only
78 cents for every
$1 that men earn. In
Minnesota, it’s only
slightly better: 80 cents.
•Women in union jobs
do better than that:
Women in union jobs
truly get equal pay for
equal work.
•In fact, women in union
jobs do even better
than better. Women in
union jobs make more
than men in nonunion
The good things they don’t tell you about unions ...
jobs – on average, $59
a week more. That adds
up to more than $3,000
extra income each year.
That’s what workers can
achieve when we stand
as a union and get things
done together that we
can’t accomplish on our
own.
Sources:
• AAUW, “The Simple Truth about
the Gender Pay Gap,” Spring 2015.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
“Median weekly earnings of
full-time wage and salary workers
by union affiliation and selected
characteristics,” Table 2. January
2015.
Artwork: J. Howard Miller. Updated by AFSCME Council 5.