Unions: The answer to the Middle Class Losses

     Here in Sacramento, I have become aware once again of the value of the union movement in the US--indeed, in the world.  It is the major thrust of unions to stand for a healthy and prosperous middle class.  I'm not the only person who has argued this, but it needs a strong emphasis in an era when unions are languishing in this country.


     I think what really convinced me that union membership is a necessary ingredient to promote the values of the middle class nationally is how effective unions are in Germany, clearly a country dominated in affecting governmental policy not only of a healthy financial upper class but a united working middle class. 


     Merely, weak unions struggling to retain an ineffectual political power base just doesn't cut it.  As things stand now, wages are stagnant and united action by members of the working class is virtually non-existent.  Workers of the US unite!  Through your organizations, the middle class concept will be revived.  


     And above all, don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish!