Big Labor's Comeback

Opinion Journal ^ | 27 aug 08

[rellimpank]

Forget for a moment the media fascination with disgruntled Hillary Clinton delegates or Michelle Obama's makeover. One of the most underreported stories at this week's Democratic National Convention is that Big Labor is making a big comeback.

Not long ago, the labor movement was in a state of steady, seemingly unstoppable decline. A global economy and the information age made unions less relevant to more workers. The fall of industrial trades cut into existing union ranks, while service workers saw less need to join. Union membership as a share of the American workforce has been falling since the early 1980s, and today stands at 12.1%. In the more dynamic private sector, only 7.5% of workers carry the union label.

[MuttTheHoople]

The only reason Unions have stopped the bleeding is because of the Gubmint workers union and Service Industry Union. The Service Workers union will make the normal crappy service you get at McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, etc. even worse. Soon, the fast food industry will be out of business. That leaves Gubmint workers.

[SECURE AMERICA]

( Union membership as a share of the American workforce has been falling since the early 1980s, and today stands at 12.1%. In the more dynamic private sector, only 7.5% of workers carry the union label.)

And that is not going to change regardless of this article. People got tired of the coruption and graft and greed that is Unionization. Workers paid huge fees only to see their money used for political purposes they did not agree with. The citizens that had to buy union goods or put up with lazy union workers got sick and tired of that. Thus the decline in union membership.

[tillacum]

Because of the unions many American businesses left this country.