States with Stronger Unions Have Stronger Middle Classes

[Teamster Jeff]

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New Census Bureau data on state incomes released yesterday show just how important unions are to creating a strong middle class. An update to an analysis in our April 2011 report, “How Unions Make the Middle Class,” finds that a 10-percentage-point increase in the unionization rate would boost the average annual income for middle-class households—unionized or not—by $1,501 a year. Ensuring the United States has a strong middle class is critical, as the middle class is the engine of economic growth.

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2012/09/21/38900/states-with-stronger-unions-have-stronger-middle-classes-2/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Makes sense, the middle class merges wealth...

the 1% divides it wider and wider .

[Trajan]

2. Absolutely true ....

Wages are the stimulus that is lacking here ....

IF workers were paid for the true value of their work, then welfare and food stamps would be rarely used: The economy would be so damned active that EVERYONE who could work would be working ....