The Oregon Center for Public Policy has issued a report that documents what we’ve been saying all along: the American middle class is dependent on strong unions.
The OCPP report ties the decline of unionized workers from the late 1970s forward directly to the ever-widening gap between high-income workers and everybody else.
“The decline in union representation is an important part of the story of the rise of economic inequality in Oregon,” according to the report. “Increased unionization would ease inequality and help low- and middle-income Oregonians prosper.”
Read a synopsis of the report from Pamplin Media
Read the full report from OCPP
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