• cogman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        2 months ago

        It mostly started with Reagan in the 80s and was continued by Clinton in the 90s. Both republicans and democrats abandoned unions almost in lock step.

        • Geobloke@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Did they abandon unions because they stopped being effective political blocs?

            • Geobloke@lemm.eeEnglish
              21·
              2 months ago

              Union membership was declining to the point where it probably wasn’t a thing worth politicians chasing. There’s a bunch of reasons for that decline, but they definitely weren’t the force they had been

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        The discussion at hand is a bit more modern, Republicans abandoned unions shortly after the civil rights era.