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We're talking about this in my econ class right now. I think the days of rampant unionization are definitely past, especially since the idea is really only useful in certain industries (like in manufacturing as opposed to service). The notable thing I learned about it recently was that the long run effects of bargaining for a higher wage floor are to lower wages for future workers. I guess that's something I could have figured out without my econ class, considering that companies will obviously just want to hire fewer union workers and pay non-union workers less to compensate for the union workers they DO keep. But given the new light shed on the subject for me, I'm kind of surprised that labor unions lasted so long with such a short-sighted view.
Besides, most of the working conditions stuff has been addressed with laws passed in the last few decades, no?
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