Labor Unions

Today, we live in a society that confirms daily that only people with money matter. Wealth segregation makes a common social experience nearly impossible. How much money you have determines what kind of health care you receive or which schools your children attend. Unionizing can close the gap between the rich and the poor by reducing recessions and reducing high levels unemployment. Unionizing could help with higher wages, job security, better health benefits, etc... Today, workers are missing the pull of collective action. Our young generation grew up not knowing of labor's early tenacity and vigor, but with the reality of unions under attack. Nurses and teachers interests are represented by unions. Walmart employees are not represented by unions. Walmart employees have struggled to join forces to advocate for better pay and more stable schedules so they aren't forced to rely on public assistance and food stamps to supplement their low wages. More and more of U.S. businesses provide a service rather than a product with a lot of our manufacturing leaving our country. This has also contributed to unions going down in our country. Unions have been on the decline since the 1960s.