Kenny Stancil is senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project and a former staff writer for Common Dreams.
While it is well-established that unions strengthen worker power on the job and reduce inequality, a new report out Wednesday shows that higher unionization rates are also associated with improved conditions outside of the workplace, including better access to healthcare, paid leave, and the ballot box. 'Unions have linked voting rights to workers' rights.
' 'Given the ugly racist origins of 'right-to-work' anti-union laws,' says the report, 'it is not surprising that these states with relatively large Black populations have continued to suppress unions and worker collective action.
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