I guess some people might see unions that way, maybe people who haven't observed the 30-year collapse of the middle class in the USA and other western economies

I guess some people might see unions that way, maybe people who haven't observed the 30-year collapse of the middle class in the USA and other western economies. The experience of Germany is instructive though: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/08/07/unions-boost-economy-in-germany/ http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/08/07/unions-boost-economy...