Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tweet[IWS] CEPR: UNIONS & UPWARD MOBILITY for ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WORKERS [November 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR)
Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian Pacific American Workers
November 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Nicole Woo
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/unions-apa/
or
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions-apa-2009-11.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
Asian Pacific American (APA) workers are, with Latinos, the fastest growing group in the U.S. workforce and in organized labor. Since the late 1980s, APA workers have seen their representation in the ranks of U.S. unions almost double, from about 2.5 percent of all union workers in 1989 to about 4.6 percent in 2008.
This report uses national data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical APA worker by 9 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that an APA worker will have health insurance and a pension.
Contents
Executive Summary..........................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................2
APAs in Unions and the Workforce...............................................................................................................3
APA Workers in Unions Earn More, More Likely to Have Benefits ........................................................6
Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................................9
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................................10
Health..........................................................................................................................................................10
Pension........................................................................................................................................................10
Union...........................................................................................................................................................10
Low-Wage Occupations ............................................................................................................................11
Data .............................................................................................................................................................11
About the Author
John Schmitt is a Senior Economist, Hye Jin Rho is a Research Assistant, and Nicole Woo is
Director of Domestic Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Acknowledgements
The Center for Economic and Policy Research gratefully acknowledges financial support from the
Public Welfare Foundation, the Arca Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. We thank Travis
McArthur for research assistance.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR)
Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian Pacific American Workers
November 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Nicole Woo
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/unions-apa/
or
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions-apa-2009-11.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
Asian Pacific American (APA) workers are, with Latinos, the fastest growing group in the U.S. workforce and in organized labor. Since the late 1980s, APA workers have seen their representation in the ranks of U.S. unions almost double, from about 2.5 percent of all union workers in 1989 to about 4.6 percent in 2008.
This report uses national data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical APA worker by 9 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that an APA worker will have health insurance and a pension.
Contents
Executive Summary..........................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................2
APAs in Unions and the Workforce...............................................................................................................3
APA Workers in Unions Earn More, More Likely to Have Benefits ........................................................6
Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................................9
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................................10
Health..........................................................................................................................................................10
Pension........................................................................................................................................................10
Union...........................................................................................................................................................10
Low-Wage Occupations ............................................................................................................................11
Data .............................................................................................................................................................11
About the Author
John Schmitt is a Senior Economist, Hye Jin Rho is a Research Assistant, and Nicole Woo is
Director of Domestic Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Acknowledgements
The Center for Economic and Policy Research gratefully acknowledges financial support from the
Public Welfare Foundation, the Arca Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. We thank Travis
McArthur for research assistance.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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