Labor Day Reflections - Are Unions Passe?
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Labor unions may be under siege, but the equalizing force they provide is still necessary, says Marion Crain, JD, labor law expert at Washington University in St. Louis. "Wage inequality -- the gap between the highest income and lowest income workers within demographic groups, controlling for education and other factors -- has not been higher since the Great Depression," she says.
