Clearly, Mr. Hoffa believes that anyone who opposes unions’ right to suck cities, states and companies dry until little is left save a bankrupt husk is an enemy of the working people. Mr. Hoffa’s message is clear: Unions will fight, metaphorically at first, then physically, if they must.
Right now, the labor movement in the United States is such an animal, reeling from a string of devastating injuries that have eroded its ability to raise money, organize and influence elections. Consider, just this past year:
- In Wisconsin, the birthplace of American public-sector unionism, Gov. Scott Walker successfully pushed through reform legislation essentially stripping public unions of their collective-bargaining power. TheWisconsin state government will no longer collect dues for the unions and will require them to recertify every year.
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