Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140130:20:27:00
So the basic argument of the book is that you cannot understand what has been happening in terms of inequality in this country without accounting for the dramatic decline of organized labor. when unions were strong they combatted inequality of various kinds. they were able to provide a vital bridge and able to combat political ineequality. that power has been decreased dramatically as representation rates have plummeted. >> you document that people not in unions have -- basically because when there is high density union activity it lifts all boats. yet you also show that that has recently decl...