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racial wage gaps
Coverage of racial wage gaps in the Nexus archive.
- Tripling US union membership would shift $1.2tn to workers annually – report
Tripling US union membership would result in a 14.5% raise for the median US worker, shifting $1.2tn to workers annually and narrowing racial wage gaps, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute. Union density, which was over 30% in the 1950s, has declined to 10% in 2025.