Path to Prosperity - SEIU
Path to Prosperity - SEIU
Path to Prosperity - SEIU
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Contents<br />
Executive Summary.............................................................4<br />
Introduction...........................................................................7<br />
A Tale of Two Economies......................................................7<br />
America’s Economic Crisis Today.........................................8<br />
Shared <strong>Prosperity</strong> and Economic Strength: 1947–1973.....9<br />
The Draining of the Middle Class and Economic<br />
Fragility: 1970s-Today.......................................................11<br />
The Economic Consequences of Low Wages..................14<br />
Res<strong>to</strong>ring the Freedom <strong>to</strong> Form Unions <strong>to</strong> Res<strong>to</strong>re<br />
Consumer Purchasing Power with Wages, Not Debt....16<br />
Box: Estimating the Economic Impact of the<br />
Employee Free Choice Act................................................18<br />
Workers Want Unions, But Cannot Get Them...............19<br />
The Employee Free Choice Act will Res<strong>to</strong>re Choice,<br />
Fairness, and Integrity <strong>to</strong> Collective Bargaining............21<br />
Box: A His<strong>to</strong>rical Perspective on Big Business’<br />
Opposition <strong>to</strong> Helping Workers.......................................22<br />
Responding <strong>to</strong> Employee Free Choice Critics.................24<br />
Box: Free Choice Opponents: Talking Out of Both<br />
Sides of Their Mouth?......................................................24<br />
Conclusion.........................................................................27<br />
<strong>Path</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Prosperity</strong> 3
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