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This is, I think, the normal growth which occurs when labor unions and most other organizations become legitimate and old and part of the general situation of the country. At the same time, I think it important to realize that the growth of the union in this country has changed the bond. We no longer have many of the sweatshops we had in the '20s and early '30s, or the terribly low wages we had before. The union taught the system-taught the industrialists of this country-that it is possible to pay decent wages and pro- vide decent working conditions and still make a fortune. In fact the steel mills make more money now.than they ever made before. They do it by paying people a fairly decent wage and by working people not nearly so hard as they were worked in the past. The union has taught the companies how to make money through recognizing the union organization. And the government and the employers have learned how to adopt, co-opt, and engulf the union and make it a part of the establishment. And in making it part of the establishment they took the guts, the militancy, and the fight out of the people who work for a living.

—p.110 Your Dog Don't Bark No More (89) missing author 9 months ago