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>> let me bring in christine romans in because stephen is talking about some numbers here. let's talk about numbers, not scary, boring numbers, but simple dollars and cents about unions and yooun workers. >> in 2010, a union worker earned about $917, a nonunion worker earned $200 less. spread it out over all of last year, union workers earned $47,684, while nonworkers earned $37,284. union workers earned 27% more than nonunion workers in 2010. >> you and i have discussed this a lot. these numbers are examples of unions doing what they were designed to do increase worker protections, help their...

>> actually we'll bring in christine romans in, because stephen's talking numbers here. let's talk about numbers, not scary boring numbers but dollars and cents about unions and union workers. >> okay. according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics, a union worker earned $917, nonunion earned $200 less. spread that all over last year, union earned $47,684 while nonunion workers earned $37,284. bottom line, union workers earned 27% more than nonunion workers in 2010. >> you and i have discussed this a lot. these numbers are examples of unions doing what they were religion ogly designed to do....

Away in indiana prisons came out and called the union, the quote, privileged elite. the elite? are you kidding me? the average guy working as a cop or fireman or teacher is the elite in this country? i think that's an unbelievable insult. do you know how much the average public union worker makes? in 2010, full-time union workers had median weekly earnings of $917. that's $47,684 a year. that does that sound elite to you? you know who are elite? the guys on wall street. do you know how much they made last year? $135 biílion in executive compensation alone. now that's elite. and how about the ...

Lower, $717. that's weekly. let's take a look at what it looks like annually. union workers do make more in this country than nonunion workers, $47,684. that's about 28% more than what nonunion workers make. that's $37,284. now, where are the biggest differences. they typically come in to play with service workers. these are not goods producing workers, people who manufacture things, but service workers, like in the state of wisconsin. take a look at the difference in service workers. union service workers earn on average in this country $707 a week. take a look at what nonunion workers earn, ...