Description: A report from the Conference Board of Canada has found that unionized workers in Canada earn more than their non-union counterparts, but the “union wage premium” has grown smaller over recent decades.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Date: 02/07/2013
Related links:
- Conference Board of Canada report summary
- Windsor Star story
- Canadian Auto Workers
- Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
- Earlier update
Questions for discussion:
- What is the “union wage premium”?
- Are there other benefits to belonging to a union that this report does not mention?
- What is “union coverage”? What has been the trend in the last 20 years?
- What do you think this report says about the overall state of unions in Canada today?
- If union workers make more, why are there proportionally fewer workers in unions?
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