Te envidio . Especialmente la parte del calor y los mosquitos <| sep |> Your grasp of labour history is just wrong , though . The Wagner model only came about because of the Great Depression and the Second World War . It is a recent development in the history of American labour relations , and it was very popular well into the 1970 s with both employers and employees in part , because it significantly reduced labour disruptions strikes and lockouts . Until Reagan , labour was viewed as a bipartisan lobby , not simply as a constituency of the Democratic Party . Hell , the Teamsters endorsed Nixon in ' 72 ! The perception that you are talking about is a very recent phenomenon that has its roots in the 1980 s . Your generalization of Americans as very individualistic and freedomdriven doesn ' t begin to explain why unions were once a major force in the private sector and are now not .