Tough Economy? Join a Union
1st February 2008
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This is a cross post from the Firedoglake blog.
Join me in welcoming Amy M. Traub, director of Research at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy.
President Bush seems to have discovered that the economy is turning sour just in time for his State of the Union address. But for current and aspiring middle-class Americans, things have been tough for some time. In 2007, prices rose faster than wages, with the cost of essentials like health care and gas soaring particularly high. People tried various means to make ends meet: credit card debt went up. Consumer bankruptcy filings escalated. Some working people even did something really crazy: They joined unions.