The middle class is being hollowed out; increasingly, there are the super-super-rich, and there are the rest of us.
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Why Labor Law Doesn’t Work for Workers
Fear of firing is probably the single biggest reason why workers don’t organize unions. According to a recent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, “Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns, 1951-2007,” by John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer, workers were fired for union activity in thirty percent of all union…