• Do you think the negative perception that many people in the United States have of unions is because people don't realize how things were at one time and the gains that we now take for granted (minimum wage, weekends off, for example)?
• Would losing these gains give a new perspective on unions?

In Sweden and Norway, 60-70% of employees are unionized. In the United States, now 11% of employees are union members.

Address the following questions:

• Why do you think that there is such a difference between the two countries?
• Why do you think the number in the States is so low?