*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Working people have been thwarted in their efforts to bargain for better wages by attacks on unions
*Source:* Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Author: Heidi Shierholz https://www.epi.org/people/heidi-shierholz/
*Date:* August 27, 2019
*Summary: * The share of workers represented by unions has dropped by more than half since 1979—from 27.0% to 11.7% in 2018. Not coincidentally, the share of income going to the top 10% has escalated in this period—these high earners now capture nearly half of all income.
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