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Unions Are A Voice!
When workers come together as one group, they give themselves a voice in the workplace—just like management has—through wages, benefits, and work rules guaranteed by a contract. Without a union and a contract, your rights on the job can be overlooked and your working conditions can be changed simply at the whim of management (reduced wages, changed hours or work locations.
Opportunity For A Better Life!
Unions offer a wide range of opportunities and benefits to workers at work and in their personal lives. Increased work-life-balance leads to a better way of life.
The IBEW’s goal is to support workers and ensure that they have a say in decisions that affect them in the workplace. We have helped workers to negotiate: Apprenticeship, Career Training,
Career Advancement, Paid Leave, Negotiated Schedules, Health Care and Retirement.
We know that there’s strength in numbers and have a proven path to help get results. By securing good wages, solid benefits and safer job sites, our union helps build a better road to the middle class.
Overall, joining a union can provide workers with a multitude of opportunities and benefits that they may not be able to achieve on their own.
Job Security!
Unions offer a wide range of opportunities and benefits to workers at work and in their personal lives. Increased work-life-balance leads to a better way of life.
The IBEW’s goal is to support workers and ensure that they have a say in decisions that affect them in the workplace. We have helped workers to negotiate: Apprenticeship, Career Training,
Career Advancement, Paid Leave, Negotiated Schedules, Health Care and Retirement.
We know that there’s strength in numbers and have a proven path to help get results. By securing good wages, solid benefits and safer job sites, our union helps build a better road to the middle class.
Overall, joining a union can provide workers with a multitude of opportunities and benefits that they may not be able to achieve on their own.
Strong Retirement!
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.”
–George Foreman
The news is full of stories about workers who can not save for their retirement. Union members negotiate diversified retirement programs that are protected by law. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the following:
“Ninety-four percent of civilian union workers and 67 percent of nonunion workers had access to retirement benefits through their employer in March 2019. Access means the benefit is available to employees, regardless of whether they chose to participate. Eighty-five percent of union workers and 51 percent of nonunion workers participated in an employer-sponsored retirement benefit plan. The take-up rate—the share of workers with access who participate in the plan—was 90 percent for union workers and 77 percent for nonunion workers.” — From a BLS report entitled “Union workers more likely than nonunion workers to have retirement benefits in 2019”
Better Pay!
Labor unions improve wages and working conditions for all workers, whether they are union members or not. 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.” — US Department of Labor
Can You Afford To Get Sick?
Union health benefits are important for providing workers with access to quality, affordable health care. Union contracts often provide workers with access to employer-sponsored health care plans that are paid in full or partially subsidized, making them more affordable than individual plans. Employer-sponsored health care plans can also provide more comprehensive coverage than individual plans, allowing union workers to access the care they need without worrying about costs. Union health benefits are also important for promoting job security, as workers are often more likely to stay with a company that provides them with access to quality health care.
-30 more union workers participate in employer sponsored healthcare plans-
Recently a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated, “Eighty-four percent of union workers and 54 percent of nonunion workers participated in an employer-sponsored healthcare plan.” in a report titled, “Union workers more likely than nonunion workers to have healthcare benefits in 2019”
Railroad
The IBEW represents more than 12,500 railroad electricians, communication workers, and signalmen in the United States and Canada. Their work includes the inspection, testing, and repair of:
By securing collective bargaining agreements nationwide for our members, we help ensure good wages, benefits, and working conditions. But even more importantly, we ensure our members dignity and respect on the job, an element that is missing in so many non-union workplaces.
Today’s job market is changing. Transportation trends, shipping trends and technology are reshaping the industry at a rapid pace. The IBEW’s goal is to support workers during these uncertain times and ensure that our members have a say in decisions that affect them and remain on the cutting edge of these changes.
Our Railroad Department, with its qualified staff with expertise in the rail industry, works full-time to assist local unions with contract negotiations, grievance and arbitration proceedings, and many other areas affecting the everyday work lives of our members. The IBEW has negotiated the best possible wages, working conditions, and benefits for our members—and we will never stop fighting for the top agreements in the industry.
820,000+
Members Strong
12,500+
Railroad Members
Know Your Rights
WITH A UNION, your rights on the job are spelled out and must be respected. WITH A UNION the employer must bargain and pay the wages negotiated.
The Dirty Dozen
These tricks defeat the workers’ efforts and allow the company to maintain ultimate control over your wages, and benefits.
Union Facts
Union members earn better wages and benefits than workers who aren’t union members. On average, union workers’ wages are 11.2% higher than nonunion.
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