USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By threatening to limit the supply of labor, unions generate bargaining power, which they use to negotiate improved terms and conditions for covered employees, including wages. This power can also be used to resist downward pressure on wages, such as employer efforts to cut or freeze wages in an economic downturn.

Detailed explanation-2: -A labor union is a group of two or more employees who join together to advance common interests such as wages, benefits, schedules and other employment terms and conditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -A labor union is an organization formed by workers in order to negotiate for better workers’ rights, including better pay, safer working conditions, and better benefits.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unions help reduce wage gaps for women workers and workers of color. Union members have better job safety protections and better paid leave than non-union workers, and are more secure exercising their rights in the workplace.

Detailed explanation-5: -All workers benefit from unions because unions set pay standards and workplace protections. Union members-workers like you-benefit most from the union’s collective bargaining power to negotiate with employers on their behalf.