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Utilizing four years of the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey (QES), in association with other data bases, allowed derivation of several variables which may be sources of compensating wage differentials. To calculate work environment indexes which reflect risk of injury and unpleasant work conditions the QES was employed. Generally, it was concluded that union workers do have poorer work environments. The PSID was used to estimate both probabilities and durations of time out of work for temporary and permanent dismissal. As expected, unionized workers had a higher probability of temporary dismissal. 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