[bigsky]

If you have trouble reading the above graph, Human Events has a larger version here:

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/images/UnionMembersLg.jpg

[KC_Conspirator]

Sweeney’s good news—quietly endorsed by the liberal national media—is the reverse-trend: Today, 37.2% of government workers throughout the nation are represented by labor organizations.

But much of the work, at leasts under Bush, has been contracted out, which means that its still not a good market for unions. Furthermore, I just understood that one of the biggest government unions left the AFL-CIO?