“A new report presented by the Center for American Progress co-authored with economists Richard Freeman and Eunice Han is only the latest look at how labor unions enable working people to do better. The report, \u201cBargaining for the American Dream: What Unions do for Mobility,\u201d looks at \u201ceconomic mobility\u201d and \u201cintergenerational mobility\u201d and finds that mobility is better where unions are strong….<\/p>\n
“The study found that areas with higher union membership demonstrate more mobility for low-income children:<\/p>\n
\u25cf Low-income children rise higher in the income rankings when they grow up in areas with high union membership.
\n\u25cf An increase in union density is associated with an increase in the income of an area\u2019s children \u2013 as much as or more than high school dropout rates.
\n\u25cf Children of non-college-educated fathers earn more if their father was in a labor union….”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“A new report presented by the Center for American Progress co-authored with economists Richard Freeman and Eunice Han is only the latest look at how labor unions enable working people to do better. The report, \u201cBargaining for the American Dream: … Continue reading