Unions and Upward Mobility for Immigrant Workers

Author: 
John Schmitt
Year: 
2010
Month: 
March
Date: 
03/01/2010
Publisher: 
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Publication Location: 
Washington, D.C.
Description: 

This report reviews the characteristics of the immigrant workforce and analyzes the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits of immigrant workers. According to the most recent available data, immigrant workers are now over 15 percent of the workforce and almost 13 percent of unionized workers. Even after controlling for systematic differences between union and non-union workers, union representation substantially improves the pay and benefits received by immigrants.

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