Dear friends PLEASE remember Ludlow today..19 men, women, and children killed in the Ludlow Massacre

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24. Corporate, union breaking attorneys have generally replaced thugs

when corporations like Wal-Mart and McDonalds tries to deny the freedom to associate to their workers. The fact that there are no large massacres here in the US allows people to feel that unions are not needed. Especially in the South, where right to work is marketed as a heritage of freedom for poorly paid wage slaves.

workers wages have been stagnant ever since the Reagan years, while the incomes of the top 1% have hit levels not seen since before the Great Depression. When I hear people say that "unions may have done good once but they are no longer needed I know that the GOP has succeeded in brainwashing many US citizens.

As levels of unionization have dropped average wages for workers have dropped, but many workers cannot make the connection. How many more beatings must workers take, how much more must they lose before they realize that, more than ever, unions are the only answer. Only organized labor can beat organized capital.

Great post Omaha Steve.