General Motors / United Auto / Toyota / World War II America / /
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United States / /
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Labor Issues / /
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University of Washington / /
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Workers of the World Divide The Decline of Labor and the Future of the Middle Class Bruce Western and 7ake Rosenfeld THE middle of the last century, the American labor movement has been in steady decline. In the early 19