We Strengthen the middle Class when we Strengthen Unions.

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2015/06/robert-reich-explains-that-we.html

Courtesy of Robert Reich.org: 

 One big reason America was far more equal in the 1950s and 1960s than now is unions were stronger then. That gave workers bargaining power to get a fair share of the economy’s gains – and unions helped improve wages and working conditions for everyone. 

But as union membership has weakened – from more than a third of all private-sector workers belonging unions in the 1950s to fewer than 7 percent today – the bargaining power of average workers has all but disappeared. 

In fact, the decline of the American middle class mirrors almost exactly the decline of American labor union membership. 

I think Professor Reich is one of my favorite sources for learning about politics and economics in this country.