A report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign assesses whether there are differences in safety outcomes between union and nonunion construction work sites by analyzing OSHA violations in the industry. Titled "The Impact of Unions on Construction Work Site Health and Safety: Evidence from OSHA Inspections," the report features an analysis of more than 37,000 OSHA inspections in the construction industry in 2019, with more than 2,800 at union work sites and nearly 34,200 at nonunion work sites. According to the report, the analysis reveals that union work sites have significantly fewer safety and health violations, with these sites 19 less likely to have an OSHA violation and experiencing 34 fewer violations per inspection compared to nonunion sites. The analysis shows that while unions represent 14 of construction industry workers, these sites only account for 5 of OSHA violations in the industry. In addition, inspections at union work sites are more likely to occur due to referrals while inspections at nonunion work sites are more likely to occur due to employee complaints, according to the report.
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机译：伊利诺伊州经济政策研究所（Illinois Economic Policy Institute）和伊利诺伊大学乌尔巴纳-香槟分校（University of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign）中产阶级复兴项目（Project for Middle Class Renewal）的一份报告通过分析该行业的OSHA违规行为，评估了工会和非工会建筑工地之间的安全结果是否存在差异。该报告题为“工会对建筑工地健康和安全的影响：来自OSHA检查的证据”，分析了2019年建筑业的37,000多次OSHA检查，其中2,800多次在工会工作场所进行，近34,200次在非工会工作场所进行检查。根据该报告，分析显示，与非工会工作场所相比，工会工作场所违反安全和健康规定的可能性要少得多，这些工作场所违反OSHA的可能性降低了19%，每次检查的违规行为减少了34%。分析显示，虽然工会占建筑业工人的14%，但这些场所仅占该行业OSHA违规行为的5%。此外，报告称，由于转介，工会工作场所的检查更有可能发生，而非工会工作场所的检查更有可能因员工投诉而发生。
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