As written many times here the wealthy have taken all the cheese. Unions used to protect workers somewhat from the unlimited greed of the CEO, and shareholders. Those days are gone thanks to Ronald Reagan and trickle down economics. Unions were plagued with crooked leaders, but they did serve an important purpose. No matter how crooked the unions got wages for the workers.
Another important point about unions was they gave the workers a voice. You could not be fired for pointing out the pitiful boss, or manager. That was a service free for the company. Unions had a lot of good input into management. Unions kept companies honest.
Now greed rules, and CEO are paid outrageous sums, real wages have gone nowhere, in fact backwards.
The story gets told a lot about how Henry Ford realized the workers could not buy cars unless you paid them a decent wage. Giving the slaves adequate food and housing helps the plantation owner, a lesson forgotten by Republicans.
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