Are American unions still relevant today or are they bankrupting American companies?
If a company can’t afford to pay their employees fair wages then they clearly cannot afford to stay in business. Unions are still as relevant today as when they were created, they were installed to ensure safe and fair working environments. Until companies are willing to do this for themselves then the need for unions continues. Just look at the number of unsafe working environments, look at the number of people (often working for large corporations) who are paid little with few if any benefits or insurance while their bigwigs are pulling in more money than many of us can even fathom! How much richer do the rich need to get? Do you realize to get on the Forbes 400 richest people list you need to have at least $750 million to be # 400? These 400 people together have over 1 trillion dollars, and unions are bankrupting American companies? Do you know that 5 of the top 10 richest people built their fortunes on Walmart (each of them worth about $18 billion). Yes, a Walmart union would take