we are still fighting for more laws.
as for fair wages. What do you consider a fair wage? why should the company owners get rich of the labor of the workers? i think the workers have a right to make a decent living and have a good plan for retirement. The company I work for was in the top ten profitable companies in Omaha last year. Even with our so called high union wages. We make more than others but we offer work by skilled craftsmen which means we get the job done faster, better, and safer. This saves the contractor money in the long run.
and you are a damned fool if you don't think that all that unions fought for would start to slip away as soon as they are gone. we would still have the laws, but have you ever tried to get OSHA to try and take care of a problem for you? It isn't easy. And we would still have minimum wage, you ever tried to live off of that? Have you ever had to even do manual labor for a living?