Show your math. Otherwise doing self assigned math on wikipedia numbers doesn't cut it. Show us the math and numbers and why those math and numbers.
Three important points here.
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Union membership never surpassed 40% but the residual effects may still effect culture and policy after peak membership.
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Is it 20% of population or workers?
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Women entered the workplace during this time may skew results/percentages.
What's undeniably true is that union membership increases as one gets closer to the depression era (both before and after) and that income share of the owners of companies and high earners is inversely correlated to union membership.
But yeah the union forcing unproductive/unnecessary work is wrong.