Nearly a million US union members got double-digit raises this year

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Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank. That’s how many unionized workers have won immediate pay hikes of 10% or more in just the last year, according to an analysis

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Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank. That’s how many unionized workers have won immediate pay hikes of 10% or more in just the last year, according to an analysis

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Nearly a million US union members got double-digit raises this year

But not surprisingly, the union members are enjoying better gains. Union members earned average weekly pay of $1,216 last year, or 18% more than the average pay of $1,029 for nonunion workers, according to Labor Department data.

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Even Bank Workers Want to Unionize Now

Wells Fargo employees at two distant branches are breaking new ground for the labor movement.

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