Labor Unions and Public Opinion

By artappraiser on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 2:02am |

By Matthew Yglesias, MoneyBox @ Slate.com, June 16, 2012

In the wake of the failed recall of Scott Walker, Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer wrote a stirring from-the-left critique of American labor unions (more or less along the lines of Bob Fitch) that's prompted a number of interesting responses, relatively few of which grapple with what I think is Henwood's strongest point:

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Gordon Laffer's response to this in the Nation is typical of what I've read over email from a lot of folks in the Laborverse—unions can't be unpopular because many non-union workers say they'd like to be in one:

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(I recommend delving into the Doug Henwood article that Yglesias links to as well as some of the comments on it.)

URL:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/06/16/labor_unions_and_public_opinion.html#article_comment_box