By Organizing The crisis of a declining union movement is the crisis of workers in America. All working families have been affected. The middle class is in free fall.
Economic anxiety is pervasive.
Average hourly wages have been dropping since 1973 and real family income is lower than it was twenty years ago. For low wage workers, women and people of color, the news has been even worse. And the gap between rich and poor is growing. Corporate profits are at a forty-five year high. Wealth is more concentrated at the top than at any time in the last 25 years.