This is what I don&#x27;t get, people who say lower priced goods are more important than paying workers more.<p>We have a bunch of new jobs coming in warehouse work, retail, information &amp; technology and what group ensures they get good pay and benefits? To a certain extent we can rely on competition, but with companies growing after larger and more powerful, and willing to collude[0], those jobs will likely get worse with time or start out crappy.<p>This is pretty evident with the economic problems starting in the 70&#x27;s then the rise of neoliberalism in the 80&#x27;s and stripping unions of powers.[1] What&#x27;s even more perplexing now is in the last decade we have a growing economy but it&#x27;s limited to the upper class. I think there is definitely space for us to have unions and fight for more of that growth to benefit the working class.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;25&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;shrinking-middle-class.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;25&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;shrinki...</a>