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
The Connecticut Supreme Court, in a decision to be officially released next week, ruled Wednesday th.jpg)
at several state workers can proceed with their claims that they were fired for political reasons in January 2003.
The decision in Conboy v. State of Connecticut (download here), arises from the state’s decision in early 2003
Are unions are dying breed? The answer to that questi
on often depends on your perspective.
As we’ve seen in Connecticut, if unions are "dying", they are not going down without a fight.
But statistics just released by the U.S. Department of Labor tell a more complete story. The statistics show a leveling off of the