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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 19, 2008

Hear No Unions, Speak No Unions

A recent Supreme Court decision in has made unions' legislative strategy much more difficult, writes Timothy Ryan. - Employment Column

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By Timothy Ryan
This article appears on Page 8

      Over the last 30 years, union membership in the United States has fallen sharply. Struggling to make up lost ground, the union movement has turned to state and local legislatures to enact laws that will make it easier to get new members, or at least silence its opponents in the business community. The Supreme Court's decision in Chamber of Comme...

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