Discuss why decline in trade unions has raised income inequality in the US.

Decline in Trade unions has raised income inequality in the US.

The essay should mainly be based on these main articles: 1) Union Strength, Neoliberalism and Inequality: Contingent Political Analyses of U.S. Income Differences since 1950 David Jacobs and Lindsey Myers pp. 752-772. 2) Wage inequality and the Liberalisation of Industrial Relations in the United States Antony Roberts. 3) Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Declining Union Organization Henry S. Farber and Bruce Wester pp 385-400. 4) Whats behind the rise in income inequality- Technology or class struggle?. 5) The union Difference: Labor Policy and American Inequality Colin Gordon. 6) “Power from the People” Florence Jaumotte and Carolina Osorio Buitron