09-09-2018, 10:34 AM
(09-08-2018, 04:12 PM)TheNomad Wrote: I was working as a teen at the tail end of unions in America. At that time, I was making hourly what would take the rest of the nation until the mid 00s to catch up with in terms of MINIMUM WAGE.
So, for the older people here, what is the future of unions?
Are they going to return with a vengeance? It seems maybe. Since we know these cycles run on reaction to previous circumstances. And people now are tired of the CEO making millions while they do all the heavy lifting for corn and wheat.
I don't see a union renewal, at least not in the form they previously held. The capitalists won the battle of labor supply and demand, and that won't change. Instead, something else has to emerge, though what is a great question. You can't have prosperity and poverty in the same country without triggering political unrest at a very high level. No one wants low crime and quiet more than the rich, so they will have to acquiesce at some point.
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