Unions, Wages and the Economy

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Interesting article examining unions and the middle class.
 
 
 

 
Correlation does not prove causation. But if it did, the Center for American Progress (CAP) would have proved unions reduce wages. Of course, correlations are flimsy evidence, so the study proves little. But the episode illustrates why it’s hard to blame America’s economic problems on organized labor’s decline.
 
CAP’s new report piggybacks off a recent Pew study finding the middle class has shrunk over the past generation. The CAP authors argue unions help workers land middle-class jobs. They theorize that falling union membership has thus contributed to the middle-class decline. So they performed a “shift-share” analysis and concluded that the decline in unions explains half of the drop in middle-class membership. That sounds quite troubling.
 
http://thefederalist.com/2016/04/12/unions-have-less-effect-on-wages-than-you-think/

 

 

[xUT]

I guess you missed the memo.
We are now a 'service economy'.
 
DOH!

 

[delldude]

We must unionize if we are getting screwed!
 

 
You have to figure in part of the middle class decline is due to boomer retirements, something like 2 to 1. That in itself will reduce it.

 

[xUT]

We must unionize if we are getting screwed!
 

 
You have to figure in part of the middle class decline is due to boomer retirements, something like 2 to 1. That in itself will reduce it.

I am just trying to figure out where 'The Union Label' would be attached...