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There has been much talk about the detrimental effects the unions have had on the economy of the United States, particularly with the shenanigans going on in Wisconsin. I have only questions:

When did organized labor in the United States really get going? When was the union movement strongest?

When did the United States have the strongest economic standing, relative to the world? And when was that prosperity in the hands of those who actually do the work, rather than solely those who sit back and push fake monies around?

Are the unions really the problem?