Union Free Radio, Ep. 2: Sorry, Joe, Unions Did NOT Build The Middle Class

<h2><strong>When President Biden proclaimed recently that “unions built the middle class,” he was repeating one of unions’ biggest myths. Although unions--like a hitchiker--were along for the ride, they were not the driving force that built the middle class.</strong></h2> <p>In this episode of Union Free Radio, host Peter List dispels the union myth that “unions built the middle class,” by giving listeners the logic, and the data, that proves the myth false.</p> <p>“You know,” List states, “the bad part about blindly accepting a myth like this is that it gives unions a free pass in order to push bad bills, like the poisonous PRO Act.”</p> <p><strong>Articles and sources cited:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://laborunionreport.com/2014/01/26/union-myth-buster-wwii-not-unions-built-the-middle-class/">Union Myth Buster: WWII, NOT Unions, Built The Middle Class</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mlive.com/politics/2014/01/ken_braun_big_labor_didnt_buil.html">Ken Braun: Big Labor didn’t build the middle class</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mackinac.org/archives/1998/sp1998-01.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Great Myths of the Great Depression (PDF)</a></li> <li><a href="https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/">FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression</a></li> <li><a href="https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/casualties-of-world-war-ii/">Casualties of World War II | History of Western Civilization II</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/middle-class.asp#:~:text=Karl%20Marx%20referred%20to%20the,he%20termed%20the%20%22proletariat%22.">Middle Class Definition</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thebalance.com/definition-of-middle-class-income-4126870">Middle-Class Income: What Is It?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thebalance.com/world-war-ii-economic-impact-4570917">The Economic Impact of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="https://voxeu.org/article/reco