Union impact on wages and fringe benefits of hospital nonprofessionals.

Union effects on the wages and fringe benefits of nonprofessionals are estimated for a sample of hospitals in three midwestern states. Survey questionnaire, personal interviews, and published data are combined to determine both the compensation gains of unionized workers and the "spillover" effects on nonunion workers in unionized hospitals. The results of this analysis suggest that overall union effects on total compensation are in the order of 6 to 7 percent for both groups.