To: Democratic Party
Demand that Democrats Support Unions
Demand that the Democratic Party openly and forcefully renew its traditional support of unions. The steep decline in union membership in the past 40 years has been a major factor in wage stagnation and loss of benefits, and this decline coincides with diminished Democratic Party advocacy for unions.
Why is this important?
My petition urges the Democrats to offer more support for unions. The so-called "decline of the middle class" is largely the result of the weakening of unions, whose share of the work force has dropped from about 35% to around 12 or 13%. This has occurred because of decades of Republican attacks on the union movement, running from the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 to Scott Walker's notorious actions in Wisconsin last year. The Democrats consistently count on union support be, but deliver less and less to unions in each election cycle.