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When unions mattered, prosperity was shared
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Monday, September 6, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…"Between 1966 and 1970, as Gerald Seib pointed out last week in the Wall Street Journal, the United States enjoyed an astonishing 48 straight months in which the unemployment rate was at or below 4 percent. No, the unions didn't do all this by themselves. But they were important co-authors of a social contract that made our country fairer, richer and more productive."