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Inequality: Rebuilding the Middle Class Requires Reviving Strong Unions
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 Aug. 27, 2014 | LABOR DAY REPORT | American now suffers the most extreme inequality of the industrial world, as the broad middle class continues to sink. Why does the U.S. no longer enjoy widely shared prosperity? The most popular explanations focus on the changes wrought by globalization and technology, and the transition to a service economy. The most touted remedies are greater education and more worker training. But if history is any guide, the most important policy is too often the leaser mentioned: workers gaining a voice at work, through organizing and broad-based collective bargaining. Continue reading here.
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