I think Wisconsin union members yearning to breathe free would prove they’re made of sterner stuff. See post 49 for Indiana’s example when fetters were unlocked.
Unions could still play a role in Dem elections---albeit a sub rosa role (/snix). Will involve "borrowing" union members' names and surreptitiously listing them as "donors."
BACKSTORY Remember how Ohaha raised a whopping $750 million for 2008----purportedly from "anonymous foreign donors" who flooded his 2008 campaign with hundreds of thousands of relatively small, untraceable illegal donations?
Reminds me of the excellent book---"Flawless"--- about the half a $$$billion Antwerp diamond heist. The crooks couldn't spend it, of course, without calling attention to themselves. So they had to invent a money-maker to account for their spending. They pretended a multi-million dollar movie deal about their heist was in the works.
Can't wait to see the cover story Ohahas come up with for all those 2012 "campaign donations."