From b334f94b0b77c462e2fa63c343ef4726d3adc473 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 17:14:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Create unions.md --- wealth_inequality/unions.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wealth_inequality/unions.md diff --git a/wealth_inequality/unions.md b/wealth_inequality/unions.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13ba4fe --- /dev/null +++ b/wealth_inequality/unions.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +## Unions + +#### Unions are on the decline while inequality remains extreme + +* [Inequality.org](https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/) + * CAUSATIVE Negative Relationship Between Union Membership and Skewed Growth + * _“As the share of the workforce represented by a union has **declined to less than 11 percent** since their peak in the 1940s and 1950s, those at the top of the income scale have **increased their power** to rig economic rules in their favor, further increasing income inequality.”_ + +