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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCNN iReport: Middle Class Revival Demands All Workers Be In A Union (VIDEO)
CNN Inside Man Morgan Spurlock presented one of the most objective and unbiased reports I have seen to date on unions. The report correctly state that the American middle class prospered with the advent of the union. Conversely the American middle class has been in decline, tracking the decline of unionized workers.
Sadly, many Americans are so indoctrinated that they have allowed the Plutocracy to change the narrative. Business have taken bad deeds by a few union leaders and extrapolated it to the movement proper.
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CNN iReport: Middle Class Revival Demands All Workers Be In A Union (VIDEO) (Original Post)
egbertowillies
Aug 2013
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)1. Absolutely.
The only chance the 99% have is to coalesce, and unions must be a major component in any such unification.
brooklynite
(94,503 posts)2. What if they don't want to be?
I've worked for the Government for nearly 25 years; never felt the need for one.
Caretha
(2,737 posts)3. Well aren't you special?
brooklynite
(94,503 posts)4. Has nothing to do with status; not everyone wants a Union...
I support Unions for those who want them; the OP says that EVERYONE should be in one.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)5. ........
Have you ever heard the expression "a free ride"?