[pyvpx]

I would implore you to read anything on the history of unionization.

[jessriedel]

Hard to find anything remotely unbiased, or that does even a passable job at trying to remove confounding factors between the rate of unionization and commonly cited benefits like the rise in worker safety (which is overwhelmingly driven by rising standard of living). Got any economically literate reading recommendations?

[wyre]

Historical events are biased?

Read about the Great Railroad Strike of 1977.