Workers in the U.S, need to be unionized, like in most European countries.

Historically penetrated by the Mafia at the peak of their importance in the ’50s in America, over the years unions lost their relevance and developed a bad reputation in the United States:

“Historically, organized criminal groups such as La Cosa Nostra or the Mafia gained substantial corrupt influence, and even control, over labor unions by creating a climate of fear and intimidation among employers and union members by threats and acts of violence”.

Wikipedia continues:

“The percentage of unionized workers dipped even lower in the private sector, from about 20 percent in 1983 to 6.2 percent of workers in 2019, a far cry from the 35 percent union membership high mark last seen in 1954”

As a result, the workers had no one to defend their rights as a collective.

Meanwhile, the dollar was experiencing a huge loss of purchasing power in the last years in America, as reported by Wikipedia:

“… the purchasing power of the dollar has steadily decreased since 1913. This is due to inflation and the continued increase of the Consumer Price Index over the years. As demonstrated by the data, dollar purchasing power has a negative correlation with the CPI”.

But even though companies in various States elevated the wages of their workers, workers’ minimum wages were hardly increased at the federal level, as reported by Wikipedia:

“…states have not seen an increase since the federal minimum wage last rose from $6.55 to $7.25 on July 24, 2009".

After not being able to include the increase of the minimum wage in the virus relief package recently enacted, Biden is now requiring that companies contracting with the USA Government must pay at least $15 an hour to their employees.

What follows now is finding a way to make a $15 dollar minimum wage mandated at the national level.