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Originally Posted by ReGGs
Most of the people against unions here probably are using nothing but anecdotal evidence at best as to whether or not unions are still needed. In fact. The whole reason wages are stagnant and workers have been taken advantage of is directly related to the loss of unions.
"Focusing on full-time, private sector workers, Western and Rosenfeld find that deunionization?the decline in the percentage of the labor force that is unionized?and educational stratification each explain about 33 percent of the rise in within-group wage inequality among men. Among women, deunionization explains about 20 percent of the increase in wage inequality, whereas education explains more than 40 percent."
http://www.newswise.com/articles/stu...age-inequality
You think corporations make people work 40 hours a week in non-sweatshop conditions because that's the right thing to do? Nice fantasy. |
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Union membership in America has declined significantly since the early 1970s, and that plunge explains approximately a fifth of the increase in hourly wage inequality among women and about a third among men, according to a new study in the August issue of the American Sociological Review.
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inflated overall costs do not justify something that only accounts for 20-30% of wage inequality.