Yahoo Finance, July 4, 2012, Wednesday

Yahoo Finance

July 4, 2012, Wednesday

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Looking for job security in a union shop

"People like the fact that the union is there to protect them and stand up for them," says Alex Colvin, associate professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. "Wages tend to be higher by 15 (percent) to 20 percent in a union shop, and there is typically an even bigger difference in benefits such as health and retirement with union jobs."