Why Organize your workplace?

It is worth it.

As a worker, you have a RIGHT under federal law to form a union, select representatives of your choice, and bargain collectively with your employer. This helps balance the power that an employer has over individual employees. 

Belonging to a union gives you rights under LAW that you do not have as an individual. 

Once you have formed a union, your employer under LAW must bargain with you over your wages, benefits, and working conditions such as safety. 

WHY IT PAYS TO BE UNION 

Through collective bargaining, unions have helped raise the standard of living for millions of American workers. There is a distinct economic advantage in belonging to a union and working under a union contract – and particularly under a Cement Masons negotiated collective bargaining agreement. 

Union workers earn 26 percent more than nonunion workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Members of the Cement Masons Union also enjoy the benefits of full family healthcare, which includes medical, dental, vision, and prescriptions. 

Advancing Your Career Through Training and Education 

Cement Masons union members are afforded opportunities to improve and upgrade their skills and consequently, their wages and responsibilities through union-sponsored education and training programs. The Cement Masons Union is acknowledged as a leader in providing training programs in the construction industry.