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The distribution of wealth in the United States of America is in the hands of a select few individuals. Roughly sixty percent of the United States' wealth is owned by five percent of its population. Eighteen percent of the population owns zero or less than zero financial net worth. These are the janitors, migrants farmers, and auto workers. These are the coal miners, textile workers, and millions of others that are kept under the glass ceiling of poverty. Hegemonically speaking, the top one percent intends on keeping the wealth that it possesses and legitimizing the reasons it possesses it. This is why we need the unions, to challenge the social structures of America, in order to ensure justice in the distribution of wealth. While the United Auto Workers, the United Farm Workers, and Justice for Janitors have gained ground in achieving the rights for laborers, large corporations, such as Wal-Mart, have cut entire departments out of their stores rather than accepting unionization.

This is why we need education concerning labor movements. While news stories concerning airline pilots demanding higher wages lead many Americans to conclude that unionization leads to nothing but greed, it is important for individuals to understand that there are unions still fighting for social justice. This is what we hope to have accomplished with the creation of this website. The next time you buy a car, prepare a meal, or enter an office building, think of the forces at work that provided these things for you. Unionization provides a strong voice, but it is the voices of all of us that are seeking justice that will help defeat inequality in America.