Race is a social construct, commonly used in epidemiologic research to adjust for
confounding. However, adjustment of race may mask racial disparities thereby perpetuating …

Extensive economic research demonstrates correlations between unions with wages,
income inequality, health insurance, discrimination, and other factors. Corresponding …

Collective bargaining institutions are correlated with better population health. However,
there are still major gaps in our understanding regarding the impact of collective bargaining …

Background: Trade union presence within a workplace could potentially affect employees'
working conditions and in turn health. We assessed the relationship between union …

Background: Over the last several decades in the United States, socioeconomic life-
expectancy inequities have increased 1–2 years. Declining labor-union density has fueled …

Objectives To test for the effects of wages on smoking using labor unions as instrumental
variables. Methods We analyzed four waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (2013 …

Union representatives were surveyed throughout Belgium between August and December
2021 through an online questionnaire (N= 469) to assess the relationship between trade …

The relationship between unions and management is particularly critical for food service
firms, which rely heavily on unionized employees to meet operational needs. Food service …

Social epidemiology pays attention to the detrimental role of some social factors in
explaining population health, among which work and employment play a great part …

This report presents research findings on the relationship between good jobs on the one
hand and productivity, innovation and employee wellbeing on the other. It builds on earlier …