Striking Wal-Mart workers aren't just fighting their employer. They're fighting a whole system.

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31. The Democratic Party is based on other things than pro-union

Consumer protection, retiree benefits, health benefits, pro-choice, LGBT rights, environmental protection, climate change, women's rights, worker's rights, vegetarianism, animal protection, etc.

Unions? not so much.

It is better to write worker protections into law and regulations and have them apply to all workers than to organize specific companies and industries and negotiate protections by contract. For example, raising the minimum wage for all workers.

Same thing with health and pension benefits. It is better to have a single payer health insurance system that applies to all, rather than have employer health benefits that are lost when an employee loses or changes jobs. Pension benefits from companies are often lost when the employer goes out of business.