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by standardUser 904 days ago
> This isn't the late 19th century anymore.

Nope, it's the early 21st century, and inequality in this country is higher than it's been since the Gilded Age. Not exactly a comparison we should want to be making. And the trajectory is still moving primarily in the wrong direction.
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belltaco 904 days ago
How does this help reduce inequality?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/former-international-ua...

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standardUser 898 days ago
The wealthy nations with the lowest levels of inequality also have the strongest trade unions. If it is not working in the US, we need better unions, not fewer.
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LargeTomato 903 days ago
If you want to change someone's mind about unions then one-off links to court cases is not going to work. You'll need to really target the idea of unions themselves instead of finding bad PR. For example, I could go find PR of "corporation bad" but it would not turn someone into a communist.
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