#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] New Video Series: Unions Make the Middle Class http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/New-Video-Series-Unions-Make-the-Middle-Class After 45 years of driving a cab in New York City, Beresford Simmons says the emergence of the National Taxi Workers Alliance in the past few years is helping his family and those of other drivers reach the middle class. Simmons’ story is one of three illustrating that unions make the middle class strong, giving workers a voice in our economy, portrayed in a trio of new videos by the Center for American Progress Action Fund. New York City freelance writers Jeremy Pikser and Susan Kim say that working under contracts negotiated by the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), has ensured fair pay for their work, an...