The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.
Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.
We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become entirely too much a government of and for one class, which is exactly what our Founding Fathers wanted most to prevent.
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.
Right now, America's middle class is struggling to meet their basic needs.
This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result.
Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create - is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class.
The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried.
Big government doesn't help the middle class, it buries it.