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Omaha Steve

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11. This one?

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 09:28 PM

Jun 2012

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This Chart Should Tell You Why The Rich Are Trying To Kill Off Unions [View all] Omaha Steve Jun 2012 OP

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #1

Yes! freshwest Jun 2012 #2

Thanks for the confirmation. Now we need to get this info out to the workers that Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #3

Excellent, albeit ominous, chart! I saw a related chart the other day... RufusTFirefly Jun 2012 #4

This one? Omaha Steve Jun 2012 #11

K&R. K&R. K&R. Overseas Jun 2012 #17

Bingo! That's the one! Thanks Steve! n/t RufusTFirefly Jun 2012 #27

question NJCher Jun 2012 #36

K & R !!! - Did You See This ??? WillyT Jun 2012 #5

Very helpful! K&R Overseas Jun 2012 #16

K and R nt. thanks for posting Stuart G Jun 2012 #6

Oh no,Steve, you're wrong. senseandsensibility Jun 2012 #7

K&R and To the barricades!!! patrice Jun 2012 #8

What happened in 1958? Anyone know if it was anything specific? Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #9

Must be my fault Ednahilda Jun 2012 #12

Good question... KansDem Jun 2012 #14

I'll bet you are right. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #20

The red-scare between 1919-1921 is the reason for the dip you see in the chart for those years. Crowman1979 Jun 2012 #25

Gotta disagree Bucky Jun 2012 #33

Didn't know that about Ike. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #38

Inflation is the consequence of growth. It's like speeding on the freeway. Bucky Jun 2012 #46

Effects of Taft-Hartley beginning to be felt bread_and_roses Jun 2012 #34

Ouch. BlueIris Jun 2012 #10

K&R SunSeeker Jun 2012 #13

This is what happens when you repeatedly vote against your best interests. Initech Jun 2012 #15

Might that decline in membership not correspond to larger social/economic trends tralala Jun 2012 #18

My first thoughts too Auggie Jun 2012 #21

Your last point is well-reasoned Doctor_J Jun 2012 #40

K&R? denvine Jun 2012 #19

A "kick" is just a post that pops an OP up back to the top of the forum. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #22

Thank you so much! denvine Jun 2012 #24

Kicked and recommended Auggie Jun 2012 #23

Thank you so much. denvine Jun 2012 #26

I once told a fellow union member that it was the Democrats that protected INdemo Jun 2012 #28

Amazing chart!!!! robinlynne Jun 2012 #29

Real reason: Death to the Dem Party ErikJ Jun 2012 #30

+1000 correcto flamingdem Jun 2012 #37

That should be turned into leaflets and left at every super-market and other public places until sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #31

we need to organize people who work in low-pay service jobs limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #32

K&R n/t guardian Jun 2012 #35

Wow. "Their share" dropped to a THIRD at one point Doctor_J Jun 2012 #39

Steve ? .... While I find this chart useful .... Trajan Jun 2012 #41

I think you have to care, the few gobble up the pie intended for 300 million. TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #42

But there are wages to be had ..... The slice keeps getting smaller .... Trajan Jun 2012 #44

Excellent - K&R nt TBF Jun 2012 #43

No lessons learned from the Great Depression, I see. History repeats ... L. Coyote Jun 2012 #45

mark to return to rurallib Jun 2012 #47

Are there any such charts that support... Beartracks Jun 2012 #48

Thank You DU Omaha Steve Jun 2012 #49