Is there any doubt about the Middle Class and the strength of unions?

As you can see, (click here) when around 35% of American workers are in a union, the equality of the wealthiest 10% and the rest of use increase at around an equal rate. It is no coincidence that this also was happening in a time where America experienced its true middle class and values of “we are all in this together.”

February 13, 2014
Paul Waldman
...What most people (click here) probably don't realize is that this inherently hostile relationship between management and unions isn't something that's inherent in capitalism. In fact, in many places where there are capitalists making lots of money, corporations work—now hold on here while I blow your mind—cooperatively with unions. One of those places is Germany, and one of the biggest German companies, Volkswagen, is right now embroiled in a union election in Tennessee that has turned into a bizarre spectacle that is showing the true colors of American conservatism. If you thought conservative were just laissez faire capitalists, seeking freedom for businesses to create prosperity, you're dead wrong. What they actually want is something much uglier....