Mar 19, 2015 ... In the private sector unionization fell to 6.6%, down from a peak of ... The Decline  Of Unions Is A Middle Class Problem ... So there was not a lot of support for high  paid union workers, which is ... The following graph shows the middle class share  of income almost mirrors the decline of union membership.
Jun 29, 2016 ... "If you are a member of a union, your median weekly income is roughly ... U.S.  Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says a union job is a ticket to the middle class. ...  Another table from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which further breaks down the  pay disparity among specific ... So we rate his statement True.
Aug 30, 2016 ... The idea that union decline has led to greater income inequality is ... seen the  same declines in union membership or non-union wages, the ... Today 14.2  percent of black workers are represented by a union, down from 31.7 percent in  1983. ... As Jonathan Timm wrote last week in The Atlantic, so-called ...
Sep 18, 2013 ... But increased union participation would likely mean more income for the middle  class, the ... So why is union participation declining so rapidly?
Apr 12, 2016 ... The middle class has shrunk primarily because Americans have gotten richer. ...  Of course, correlations are flimsy evidence, so the study proves little. But the ...  CAP's finding that union members disproportionately come from the middle class  is completely unsurprising. ... That dragged down average wages.
When union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages.