Union busting creates and sustains poverty

“If we can’t have unions and we can’t raise the minimum wage, how can we lift people out of poverty through work?” asked Melissa Harris-Perry on her MSNBC show.

That is the question and that is the point.

There is no reasonable explanation for a right-wing Republican Party doing all they can to crush unions, and stop any increases in the minimum wage. Even some Democrats ENDORSE AND SUPPORT POVERTY FOR WORKERS.

It is just that simple.

And we need to keep it that simple.

Union busting creates and sustains poverty.

Refusing to raise the minimum wage sustains poverty.

You are either working on relieving workers and their families from poverty or you are not.

This is a very clear line of distinction, as clear as Florence Reese and the United Mineworkers’ song of struggle “Which Side Are You On?”

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