Trade unions maintain and improve workers' terms and conditions through bargaining with employers. Workers organized in trade unions benefit from higher wages-the so-called union wage premium. Union bargaining also results in a fringe benefits premium for covered workers. Trade unions reduce wage inequality. The counter-cyclical wage premium helps to maintain the real wages of covered workers.
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