I’ve been watching the show The Gilded Age and the latest episode showed the unions winning against the fictitious business tycoon George Russel, after risking their lives for their cause. Their slogan was 888- 8 hours to work, 8 hours to sleep and 8 hours to do other things, given that their previous conditions of 10-12 hours of work which left no time to live. I presume there’s a lot of truth even though the show is fictional.
Given their past victories, why did unions dwindle in popularity in the US? Meanwhile we currently see Denmark’s unions joining in solidarity with Sweden’s against Tesla. What would it take for unions to become popular and powerful again?