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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Decline in union membership has meant poverty for many. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Decline in union membership has meant poverty for many. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Decline in union membership has meant poverty for many.

A postscript to my last post on the value of unions.

There is this data:

Every 34th wage earner in America in 2008 went all of 2009 without earning a single dollar, new data from the Social Security Administration show. Total wages, median wages, and average wages all declined, but at the very top, salaries grew more than fivefold.

It is amazing that some would focus their attack on that small section of the American workforce that is