The decline of unionization has contributed to the rise of economic inequality in the U.S. over the past several decades. More than that, it also signals a historic de-democratization of the institutions that traditionally served to hold corporations accountable and govern our working life, from the scope of collective bargaining on the job to the protection for workers’ rights under the law.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/10/opinion/rhomberg-unions-strikes/index.html
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