The fact that barely a quarter of women work—a share that has seen a precipitous decline in the past decade—only makes matters worse.

原因是其官僚体制令小企业几乎不可能转变为高效的大型企业。加上只有将近四分之一的女性参与劳动——过去十年来这一比例还急剧下滑——只会使局面恶化。

What is not surprising about it is that we had seen a very precipitous decline of union membership around the country for the last 60 years.

不足为奇的是，在过去的 60 年里，我们看到全国工会会员人数急剧下降。