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IIRC employer-based health insurance was a side effect of WW2 price controls. Unions organized support for the PPACA (Obamacare), even though it didn't directly
by chrismealy 10y ago
IIRC employer-based health insurance was a side effect of WW2 price controls. Unions organized support for the PPACA (Obamacare), even though it didn't directly affect their members.
Nobody is saying unions are perfect, but corporations and plutocrats aren't going anywhere, and labor is the only countervailing force.