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theadvancedapes · 3955 days ago · link · · parent · post: What President Obama didn't say about the economy
Whatever your stance on labour unions, someone has to be looking out for workers in every sector, otherwise they are bound to be taken advantage of by corporate interests. From the 1940s to the late 1970s workers wages rose with the overall growth of the American economy. From 1978 to the present this has stopped, which has created the ridiculous and embarrassing inequality in America today. Surely the decline of organized labour unions plays a critical role in this process. If you're against unions, you are forced to propose a better way to protect the rights of workers and to ensure that improved economic growth also leads to a fair distribution of that economic growth.