What led to the decline of unions?

Question

It seems that trade unions are mostly seen in history books. Why and when exactly did they decline?

In: 8

Answer 1

* A good economy makes unions (at least temporarily) less necessary, since companies have to work harder to attract and keep workers.
* Anti-union propaganda has a major effect, people get convinced unions are corrupt and evil.
* Anti-union laws and regulations make existing unions weaker and prevent new unions from forming.
* The global economy has allowed companies to outsource jobs to other countries easily for the past few decades. This gives companies a major advantage, they can always shut down a union shop and send the jobs overseas.