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Showing Original Post only (View all)This Chart Should Tell You Why The Rich Are Trying To Kill Off Unions [View all]
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Over the past hundred years, as union membership declined, the share of wealth of the top 10% skyrocketed.
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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
Thanks for the confirmation. Now we need to get this info out to the workers that
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#3
The red-scare between 1919-1921 is the reason for the dip you see in the chart for those years.
Crowman1979
Jun 2012
#25
Might that decline in membership not correspond to larger social/economic trends
tralala
Jun 2012
#18
A "kick" is just a post that pops an OP up back to the top of the forum.
Starry Messenger
Jun 2012
#22
That should be turned into leaflets and left at every super-market and other public places until
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#31
I think you have to care, the few gobble up the pie intended for 300 million.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#42