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minus-squarecogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 天前It mostly started with Reagan in the 80s and was continued by Clinton in the 90s. Both republicans and democrats abandoned unions almost in lock step.
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 天前Did they abandon unions because they stopped being effective political blocs?
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 天前They abandoned unions because of their donors.
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 天前Union membership was declining to the point where it probably wasn’t a thing worth politicians chasing. There’s a bunch of reasons for that decline, but they definitely weren’t the force they had been
It mostly started with Reagan in the 80s and was continued by Clinton in the 90s. Both republicans and democrats abandoned unions almost in lock step.
Did they abandon unions because they stopped being effective political blocs?
They abandoned unions because of their donors.
Union membership was declining to the point where it probably wasn’t a thing worth politicians chasing. There’s a bunch of reasons for that decline, but they definitely weren’t the force they had been