For our user agree- ment, click here . The article, with an illustration including a hammer and club, implied that unions beat members into joining and stated that union violence has claimed 181 lives in the last 25 years. It neglected to contrast that figure with the roughly 155,000 workers who were killed on the job during the same period. That is 17 deaths a day. Without unions, that number would have been much higher.
Unions work for decent family wages, medical benefits and safe working conditions.