12. Labor Unions Ensure Better Conditions For Workers
Unions are a means by which workers can organize to make sure that they receive fair pay and safe working conditions. The union engages in bargaining on behalf of the workers that it represents. When employers are unresponsive to the needs of the workers vis-à-vis the union, the union may recommend that the workers go on strike.
While unions have long been controversial in American history, workers who belong to unions tend to have more favorable working conditions. They usually pay dues to the union with every paycheck, and the union is run mostly by volunteers that are democratically elected.
