Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 1, 2007
Acts of Union
Focus Column - By Ruben J. Garcia - As Labor Day arrives, the past year's developments in organized labor show a strengthening movement still beset by heavy political opposition.
By Ruben J. Garcia
Each year, Labor Day brings the announcement of the labor movement's demise. Although union density in the private sector has gone from a high-water mark of 33 percent in the 1950s to 7.4 percent in 2006, these numbers greatly understate the clout of the labor movement. One need only look at the political power and the significant increases in its public-sector membership over the past 25 years ...
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