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You ought to read this:

http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/03/05/myths-and-facts-...

They quote EPI and Brookings. EPI is 29% funded by unions, so not exactly neutral. The Brookings report concludes that price was one of the factors causing an erosion of market share, and presumably employee wages are a factor in that.

Mediamatters? Seriously? Well, okay. Let me find an equally credible source:

http://www.aei.org/publication/maybe-patriarchal-labor-union...

If you can find factual errors in the source I linked, or errors in interpretation of those facts, I would be keen to hear them.

Oh, I'll accept your link uncritically if you do the same for mine.

Of course I didn't tell you to accept it uncritically.

American unions were always pussycats compared to German and Japanese unions, which didn't suffer near the same fate.

There are lots of situations where letting either side have free reign is bad, and the best is for both sides to be in healthy competition.

Thanks for illustrating my point.