{"id":40425,"date":"2017-03-15T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=40425"},"modified":"2017-03-15T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:14:47","slug":"study-shows-decline-unions-causing-rise-economic-inequality-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/study-shows-decline-unions-causing-rise-economic-inequality-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows the decline of unions causing rise in economic inequality in Midwest","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMART TD \u00a0is sharing a recent study released by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which highlights the<strong> economic impact of declining unionization<\/strong> over the past decades across states in the Midwest.<br \/>\nThe study found that <strong>as unionization declines, wealth inequality between workers and businesses continues to widen particularly in states that have passed so-called \u201cright-to-work\u201d laws<\/strong> (i.e. Michigan, Wisconsin, etc.).<br \/>\n<strong>The real goal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\">\u201cRight-to-Work\u201d<\/a> is to lower wages for workers and divert that money to the owners<\/strong> and upper management of the company.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/midwestepi.org\/2017\/03\/13\/how-the-decline-of-unions-has-caused-inequality-to-rise-in-each-midwest-state\/\">Click HERE for more information about the study.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Strength in numbers is what sustains our union and is the only thing that can turn the tide.<\/strong><br \/>\nYour voice matters, so please take a minute to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\"><strong>send a message<\/strong> <\/a>to\u00a0your representatives in Congress.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\"><strong>Click here<\/strong> <\/a>to send your message in <strong>opposition of HR 785,<\/strong>\u00a0the National Right to Work <strong>(FOR LESS)<\/strong> act; and <strong>in support of<\/strong> <strong>HR 233,<\/strong> The Safe Freight Act, that calls for two-person crews on all freight trains.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMART TD \u00a0is sharing a recent study released by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which highlights the economic impact of declining unionization over the past decades across states in the Midwest. 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