The association between union membership and perceptions of safety climate among US adult workers
Journal
Safety Science
Journal Volume
133
Date Issued
2021-01
Author(s)
Abstract
An individual's perceptions of their workplace safety climate can influence their health and safety outcomes in the workplace. Even though union membership has been declining in the US, union members still comprise 10% of the working population and have higher-than-industry average non-fatal illness and injury rates. Due to limited research focused in this area, this study examined whether union membership was associated with worker perceptions of safety climate.
Subjects
labor unions; matched-pair analysis; occupational health; safety; safety climate
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Type
journal article