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Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right to a safe and healthy workplace

  • Written by Aaron Sojourner, Associate Professor and Labor Economist, University of Minnesota
Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right to a safe and healthy workplaceMany essential workers believe joining a union could provide more protections. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

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Unionized workers are more likely than their non-union peers to speak up about health and safety problems in the workplace, according to a just-published,...

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