From pay to training to retirement, LIUNA members live better.

• See the difference a union makes in every paycheck.
  ✦ The average hourly wage for a union-worker is $23.03, compared with $17.21 for a non -union worker in Kansas, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  ✦ A heavy-highway LIUNA worker in the U.S. averages $41.94 an hour in wages and benefits, compared to $18.93 for non-union Laborers, according to the Engineering News-Record Construction Economics Department.

• A union helps neutralize pay discrimination.
  ✦ For women in a union, the weekly pay advantage is 32% over non-union women in the workforce.
  ✦ For Hispanic union workers, the weekly pay advantage is 42%. For African American union workers, the weekly pay advantage is 33%.
  
  
• LIUNA members are safer on the job.
  ✦ Members are empowered with the ability to speak out about workplace hazards.
  ✦ Members are provided with training in order to recognize potential hazards.
  ✦ A recent study found that the construction fatality rate in states with high union membership is half that of states with lower union membership.
  
  
• Workers within a union also have an advantage when it comes to HEALTHCARE and RETIREMENT.
  ✦ 85% of union workers have health care insurance which includes medical, dental, vision and prescription drugs compared to the 54% of non-union workers.
  ✦ 76% of union workers have a guaranteed defined-benefit pension plan while only 16% of non-union workers have a pension plan.