I found two articles in today's NYT particularly insightful. The first shows that "the percentage of Americans belonging to labor unions fell last year to the lowest level in more than six decades." It goes on to say that "the percentage of private-sector workers in unions fell to 7.9 percent from 8.2 percent, making it the lowest level since the early 1900s." The second article concerns four unions suing to keep the government from implementing DHS's new personnel system that I mentioned yesterday.
It is fascinating to watch the unions struggle to keep their heads above water. As the U.S. economy as evolved from a manufacturing economy to a service oriented economy the dinosaurs that compromise the unions' leadership have watched their once considerable power shrivel into nothingness. I love it!
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