Want to Build the Middle Class? Make Sure Workers Can Easily Form and Join Unions
We've all seen the charts. As union membership rates go down, so goes the middle class and people's ability to bargain for living wages and a voice on the job.
David Madland and Karla Walter from the Center for American Progress (CAP) say, in Top 6 Policies to Help the Middle Class that Wonāt Cost Taxpayers a Penny , that strengthening people's ability to organize unions and to bargain collectively will go a long way in rebuilding the middle class.


