Editing Trade union (section)

=== Health ===
In the United States, higher union density has been associated with lower suicide/overdose deaths.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Eisenberg-Guyot|first1=Jerzy|last2=Mooney|first2=Stephen J.|last3=Hagopian|first3=Amy|last4=Barrington|first4=Wendy E.|last5=Hajat|first5=Anjum|date=2020|title=Solidarity and disparity: Declining labor union density and changing racial and educational mortality inequities in the United States|url= |journal=American Journal of Industrial Medicine|language=en|volume=63|issue=3|pages=218–231|doi=10.1002/ajim.23081|issn=1097-0274|pmc=7293351|pmid=31845387| quote=Results – Overall, a 10% increase in union density was associated with a 17% relative decrease in overdose/suicide mortality (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.70, 0.98), or 5.7 lives saved per 100 000 person‐years (95% CI: −10.7, −0.7). Union density's absolute (lives‐saved) effects on overdose/suicide mortality were stronger for men than women, but its relative effects were similar across genders. Union density had little effect on all‐cause mortality overall or across subgroups, and modeling suggested union‐density increases would not affect mortality inequities. Conclusions - Declining union density (as operationalized in this study) may not explain all‐cause mortality inequities, although increases in union density may reduce overdose/suicide mortality. }}</ref> Decreased unionization rates in the United States have been linked to an increase in occupational fatalities.<ref name="Zoorob 2018">{{cite journal | last=Zoorob | first=Michael | title=Does 'right to work' imperil the right to health? The effect of labour unions on workplace fatalities | journal=Occupational and Environmental Medicine | volume=75 | issue=10 | date=October 1, 2018 | issn=1351-0711 | pmid=29898957 | doi=10.1136/oemed-2017-104747 | pages=736–738 | s2cid=49187014 | url=https://oem.bmj.com/content/75/10/736 | access-date=January 31, 2022 |quote= 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.}}</ref>