Reply #169: Sorry but the working class deserted the unions. [View All]

They bought the management's propaganda and union membership went from 36% to 6%. The working class lost its ability to force their representatives in congress to protect their interest. The result was the massive out-sourcing of jobs along with tax breaks to do so. Trade agreements were not only designed to impoverish American workers but also provided wealthy corporations the opportunity to take advantage of desperate foreign workers. As a former life long union employee and supporter of organized labor these are unfortunately the sad facts. I increasingly saw young people come into union shops and refuse to pay union dues simply because they could get the same benefits that the union had WON without paying. I saw workers voting for so-called Right to Work Laws that were designed to destroy unions. We came a long way for the days of Eisenhower who stated it very simply: Anyone who opposes unions is stupid. But again that was when the wealthy were taxed at a 90% rate.