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Anti-union laws associated with significantly more workplace deaths in US states, 1992-2016.

Posted by nil-admirari
Tags: occupational medicine, science, politics
https://oem.bmj.com/content/early/2018/06/13/oemed-2017-104747

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Title
Does 'right to work' imperil the right to health? The effect of labour unions on workplace fatalities
Published
Jun 13 2018
Word count
181 words

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  1. nil-admirari
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    RTW=Right to Work (laws)

    Results: The Local Average Treatment Effect of a 1% decline in unionisation attributable to RTW is about a 5% increase in the rate of occupational fatalities. In total, RTW laws have led to a 14.2% increase in occupational mortality through decreased unionisation.

    RTW=Right to Work (laws)

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