Is the Decline in the Number of Union Workers Due to Public Policy? The existence of labor unions has played a large role in the economy of the United States and in the way in which businesses structure the wages and benefits of their employees. Labor unions began back in the late eighteenth century with industries such as shoemaking and carpentry. However, in the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, the United States …showed first 75 words of 2392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2392 total…unemployment decreased the bargaining power of unions due to the threat of strikebreakers. Managers have also decided to fight unions by making their workers happy along with the rest of these factors. Overall, the United States has seen a decline in the number of union workers and there are many factors involved, as no one factor can determine the slope of the supply and demand curves and where the equilibrium point is for each worker.