What is Organizing?

Workers joining together for a voice on the job, to build power in the workplace, to make change, ensure fairness and hold employers accountable.

As workers we organize unions to:

• Advocate for our rights:
  Join together for a collective voice for you and your coworkers. Every worker has the right to respect and fairness on the job.
• Build worker strength:
  There is strength in numbers. You can enhance your strength and build real power by organizing with your coworkers and standing together to demand improvements in the workplace.
• Maintain dignity on the job:
  Standing TOGETHER you can use your power and influence to ensure that there is dignity and justice in the workplace for all workers.
• Make improvements in pay and benefits:
  It is a documented FACT that:
       • Union members earn 34 percent more than non-union workers.
       • More than 75 percent of union workers have health benefits, while less than half of non-union
          workers have good health coverage.
       • 94 percent of union workers have a retirement plan, while only 67 percent of non-union workers have
          one.
• Provide job protection:
  With collective bargaining agreements, most union employees cannot be fired without “just cause.” This is unlike many nonunion workers who are considered “at-will” employees and can be fired at any time for almost any reason.