I saw a poll recently that stated that
approval of Unions in the United States is the highest it has been ever since 1965.
This is proof that the landscape is changing on a global scale. If a country like the U.S., which was plagued by state and government propaganda has an approval rating for unions above 70%, then any place in the world could be seeing increases in unionization of workers. Let's be realistic, there are many distractions in the U.S. that could lead someone to believe that Unions don't work. Let's not kid ourselves, even other than the red scare and cold war propaganda, the U.S. is a big economy and many people are doing well. Combined with some yellow unions that have emerged recently, it's no wonder many people aren't that fond of unions. However that has been changing over the years. Corporate profits have been increasing, while workers get meager to no salary increases. In the meantime prices keep going up with inflation.
In reality, US wages in terms of purchasing power have been very stagnant:
So the question now is, why haven't YOU changed a union?
I understand there could be very varied answers to this. From there not being a union in your location or field of expertise, perhaps the recognized "union" being influenced by the bosses too much, maybe even class issues (considering oneself too well off to participate in a worker's union) or perhaps even political disagreements with what most union members might consider a better world still outside the workplace. I'm eager to hear what crypto users have to say on the matter because well, using crypto doesn't exclude one from being part of the working class.
