unions

A  standard question of modern presidential elections is “Are you better off”, and how has the middle class been affected?  At least by the numbers, Americans are not better off than they were four years ago:  the middle class has been crushed, unemployment remains high, incomes have fallen, and gas prices have doubled.  Vice President [...]

There was a time in this country, when unions provided a valuable resourse for the average worker.  Unions helped play an important role in leveling the playing field for workers at a time when their were few workplace safety laws, few restraints on employers, and incredibly exploitive working conditions that ranged from slavery, to share cropping, to [...]