|
Union Apprenticeships Tops, Study Says
A new study has found that construction workers who apprentice in union programs are far more likely to become journeymen or women in their fields than workers who participate in nonunion programs. The study, conducted by the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston, compared union and nonunion apprenticeship programs registered with the state Division of Apprenticeship between 1997 and 2007. Among the findings: 81% of apprentices in union programs went on to journeyperson status, compared to just 19% in nonunion programs. Nonunion apprenticeship programs were also more likely to be canceled than union programs. The study found that the average nonunion program was canceled after six years, whereas the average union program had been around for more than two decades.
|
