Labor unions and health: A literature review of pathways and outcomes in the workplace.

ABSTRACT: Extensive economic research demonstrates correlations between unions with wages, income inequality, health insurance, discrimination, and other factors. Corresponding epidemiologic literature demonstrates correlations between income, income inequality, insurance, discrimination, and other factors with health. The first purpose of this narrative review is to link these literatures and identify 28 possible pathways whereby labor unions might affect the health of workers. This review is restricted to effects within workplaces; we do not consider unions' political activities. This review covers studies from the US, Europe, and Canada from 1980 through April 1, 2021. Pathways are grouped within five domains informed by the CDC 5-domain model of social determinants of health and the traditional

SUBMITTER: Leigh JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8387742 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature