Increasing evidence demonstrates the ways in which bargaining power shapes economic outcomes. One’s economic success is not merely defined by individual characteristics such as education. Equitable Growth’s work on unions and collective action in the United States examines the ways in which institutions intersect with economic trends and individual characteristics to ensure that workers can share in the gains of the economic growth to which they contribute.
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Unions in the United States improve worker safety and lower health inequality
December 13, 2022
December 13, 2022
Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power
May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020
Latino workers are often segregated into bad jobs, but a strong U.S. labor movement can boost job quality and U.S. economic growth
October 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
Unions and the enforcement of labor rights: How organized labor protects U.S. workers against unfair and illegal employment practices
April 29, 2022
April 29, 2022
Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
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Understanding the importance of monopsony power in the U.S. labor market
July 5, 2018
July 5, 2018
Event recap: Research on Tap—Gender wage inequality
May 4, 2018
May 4, 2018
New technologies, occupational tasks, and earnings inequality in the United States
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018
Seminar Series: Unions and Inequality Over the 20th Century—New Evidence from Survey Data
April 18, 2018 12:15PM - 1:30PM
Issue brief: Employers may be behind the problems with U.S. hiring
April 12, 2018
April 12, 2018
Factsheet: Gender wage inequality in the United States and what to do about it
April 9, 2018
April 9, 2018
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