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minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up58arrow-down1·6 giorni faThe anti-union sentiment started well before then.
minus-squarecogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 giorni faIt 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 giorni faDid they abandon unions because they stopped being effective political blocs?
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 giorni faThey abandoned unions because of their donors.
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 giorni faUnion 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
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 giorni faThe discussion at hand is a bit more modern, Republicans abandoned unions shortly after the civil rights era.
The anti-union sentiment started well before then.
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
The discussion at hand is a bit more modern, Republicans abandoned unions shortly after the civil rights era.