## 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.”_

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