Speaking without evidence from the frozen wastelands of Canada, it seems that US trade unions are every bit as powerful - if not more so - in specific areas of the economy. But, oddly, worker pay and protections are weaker on average.
Could this strange state of affairs be the result of a political system that is highly polarized and less fundamentally democratic than the Canadian and European system?
Could this strange state of affairs be the result of a political system that is highly polarized and less fundamentally democratic than the Canadian and European system?