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Women's History Month Profiles: Rina Saltzman
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Women's History Month Profiles: Kanika Jones
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Every worker deserves the right to bargain over their salary and working conditions. Union members earn better wages and benefits than workers who aren’t in unions.
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CEO Payflation Strikes Again
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### Inflation has slowed, but large corporations are still charging high prices.
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The Toll of Neglect
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[Read the Report](/dotj-2023)
The 2023 edition of the Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report shows how too many workers remain at serious risk of workplace injury, illness and death.
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343
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The number of workers who died each day due to hazardous working conditions.
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120,000
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The estimated number of workers who died from occupational diseases.
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The number of worker deaths caused by workplace violence in 2021, a 23% increase over the previous year.
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5,190
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The number of workers who died on the job in the United States in 2021.
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What Unions Do
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[Building Worker Power](/what-unions-do/empower-workers)
[Collective Bargaining](/what-unions-do/union-facts/collective-bargaining)
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Recent Union Organizing Wins
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Worker Wins: Corporate Greed is No Match for Working People
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February 6, 2025
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Did You Know
A 2024 report by the National Employment Law Project finds that Amazon workers experience a disproportionate share of injuries in the warehousing industry and that those injuries were more likely to be serious.
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#### [Women's History Month Profiles: Maxine Lachnite-Pelker](/2025/3/20/womens-history-month-profiles-maxine-lachnite-pelker)
March 20, 2025
For Women's History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women's history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Maxine Lachnite-Pelker of the Heat and Frost Insulators (HFIU).
#### [Worker Wins: A Long, Hard-Fought Victory](/2025/3/19/worker-wins-long-hard-fought-victory)
March 19, 2025
Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
#### [Women's History Month Profiles: Rachelle Martin](/2025/3/19/womens-history-month-profiles-rachelle-martin)
March 19, 2025
For Women's History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women's history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Rachelle Martin of AFSCME.
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