Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 13

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of November 13, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how hospital emergency departments are taking a more active role in addressing adult suicide issues to how thunderstorms may be linked to asthma to how the diving tactics of a specific fish may help researchers better understand the science of concussions. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of how unions helped establish the middle-class by raising incomes and improving the work environment. As noted in the lead article linked below, 80% of workers cited that their job satisfaction is associated to non-wage benefits. To this end, since the 1940s, unions have played a large part in securing fringe benefits for workers which, in turn, has improved the well-being of union (directly) and non-union (indirectly) workers and their families. Not convinced? Then, consider how the recent negotiations between the UAW and the Big 3 have positively impacted workers—here and abroad—at firms like Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Tesla! More importantly, when it comes to workplace fairness, “Unions promote within-firm equality by adopting explicit anti-discrimination measures, supporting anti-discrimination legislation and enforcement, and promoting wage-setting practices that are less susceptible to implicit bias.”*

Please check out the rest of this week’s blog: moworksinitiative.org/blog

Sources: * https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/labor-unions-and-the-us-economy

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/toyota-gives-most-of-its-u-s-auto-factory-workers-9-pay-bump-following-uaw-gains-in-detroit-123664ff?mod=Searchresults_pos3&page=1

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/honda-gives-u-s-factory-workers-11-pay-bump-following-uaw-wins-in-detroit-eb484398?reflink=integratedwebview_share

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-raises-wages-for-german-workers-amid-union-pressure-9f916fe8?reflink=integratedwebview_share

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