Oregon Center for Public Policy
By Janet Bauer
May 1, 2018
The long-term decline in union representation in Oregon has contributed to the rise in income inequality, which now stands near record highs. Greater levels of union representation would help narrow income inequality.
For decades, top income earners in Oregon have garnered an ever-larger portion of the state’s economic benefits, while the broad group in the middle and below have lost ground. Between 1985 and 2015, the share of Oregon income going to the top 20 percent of earners grew by 25 percent, while the portion going to the bottom 60 percent shrank by 25 percent.
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