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by zaksoup 2517 days ago
There's no evidence to support this and it's pretty easy to describe intuitively how this is irrelevant, untrue, or both.

If unions raised wages enough to offshore jobs those jobs would no longer exist, that union would not exist, and those wages would not contribute to the total average wage breakdowns that show an 18% increase in wages for union members.

Yet, today, union members make 18% more than non union members. The only thing the data actually suggests is that if you want an 18% raise you should join or start a union.