Bad conclusion (and title).  It says right in the article what American workers actually miss - &quot;a source of stable, well-paying jobs, especially for people without a college degree&quot;.  At the same time, Americans overwhelmingly want cheap goods, which usually means goods not produced with American manufacturing labor.  The failure of the economy isn&#x27;t that unions are disappearing, it&#x27;s that legitimately good jobs simply aren&#x27;t taking the place of lost jobs for a large portion of American workers.