According to a University of Minnesota/University of California-Riverside study there is a strong connection between poverty and unionization in America for the past 40 years. “We found that households in which there was at least one union member had an average poverty rate of 5.9%, compared with 18.9% for nonunion households.” From Business Insider. 2021. Other evidence to support this theory: Nations with high unionization levels have lower poverty. They cite France and Norway as nations that have higher unionization rates and single-digit poverty. “Our study also helps explain why the United States has a relatively high rate of poverty – 18% as of 2017 – compared with other rich democracies.”