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Women in Unions, By the Numbers
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Women make up about 45 percent of all union members and are projected to be the majority by 2025.
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Women represented by labor unions—working full time, ages 16 and older—earn an average of 30.9 percent more per week than nonunion women.
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Approximately 74 percent of women union members have a pension plan, compared with only 42 percent of their nonunion counterparts.
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Women in unions are 21 percent more likely to have paid sick leave.
**Source: AFL-CIO, CEPR, IWPR, EPI.