about which facility would be targeted first. Without knowing which plants will be affected next, the companies must consider costly preparations at numerous locations, keeping them on their toes and giving the union a considerable edge.accompanying increase
in economic inequality. Significant obstacles to forming new unions and weak labor protections make reversing these trends an uphill battle for workers. The contours of U.S. capitalism have fundamentally tilted the economic playing field to a perilous degree for millions of workers who are now saying enough is enough. They are choosing union representation and action as a countervailing force to fight for broadly based economic prosperity and fairness at work.
Unions and collective bargaining built the middle class and helped to unwind unfettered capitalism. We stand now at a confluence of events that brought us to a realization that corporate power and economic elites have taken more than their fair share of five decades of a growing economic pie. If not now, when? Reversing persistent and damaging economic trends will require worker power and worker-centered economic policies. Some of these big picture trends, which many in the media are ignoring and necessitate these strikes, include:Historically, when workers became more productive, businesses shared the benefits of efficiency gains with their workers via higher pay.