I titled this particular blog as “Unions and the Middle Class… You Need to Have One for the Other…”
What I mean by that is that you need to have strong unions to have a strong middle class. As the numbers of union members have dwindled over the years, the gains organized labor have made over the years are eliminated and the attack on organized labor increases, likewise, the strength and number of the middle class in our country is diminishing.
I came across this interesting and very relevant report that I found important enough to share: http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2011/04/unions_middle_class.html.
This report by David Madland, Karla Walter and Nick Bunker is a fascinating read and reinforces what I have felt to be so true. Organized labor has provided the checks and balances to corporations and government. Unions have been key to the gains that have extablished the middle class in this country.
Contrary to popular belief, I don’t think orgainzed labor is what is hurting the economy, it is the suppression of organized labor that is hurting the economy. Without organized labor the middle class suffers and without the middle class the economy suffers.
Consequently, this tie in between organized labor and the middle class also affects those that don’t belong to a union. This erosion of the middle class and orgainzed labor hurts us all and this parallel between both should be of great concern to ALL of us.
Take the time to read this report and make up your own mind. I know I have…
