The death of unions has been predicted time and again.
Each time a new round of statistics come out, we (me included) try to make some sense
Numbers Game? Latest Statistics Show Further Increase in Union Membership in Connecticut
Court: Contract That Allows Employer to Raise Employee’s Salary Also Means No Decreases
So, remember back in February where I noted that employers ought to “consider having an attorney review some of your [employment] agreements … [because sometimes,] poor drafting can sometimes be avoided by having an attorney involved”?
We have another appellate court case that emphasizes that point quiet well in Stratford v. Winterbottom.
The
Courant Headline Says Unions Down 17 Percent. Really? Uh, No.
UPDATED 2 p.m.
About five weeks ago, I wrote about the new Bureau of Labor Statistics report that showed union membership and representation was down in Connecticut in 2010 from 17.1 percent of the overall workforce to 16.7, or in raw numbers from 265,000 workers to 258,000. 
But I also noted that compared with 2007 (when
Unions are a Dying Breed. Or They’re Making a Comeback.
Another day, another statistical report from the Department of Labor. (Though in fairness to the DOL, it has a whole office addressed to labor statistics (BLS), so of course we’re going to get a lot of stats.
The latest is its annual release of data showing union membership. I first wrote about that data three