Unions, both public and private, are in a death spiral of sorts. As more and more states legislate right to work laws, states rein in public sector unions, and unemployment remains high, union membership continues its non-stop plunge into irrelevance.
This poses a major problem for Democrats, since unions represent their largest source of campaign contributions. As union membership declines, union dues must rise to meet the shortfall of lost revenues. As dues rise and members see less in return, they become ever more disenchanted.
Union membership fell by 400,000 to the lowest level since the 1930s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced this past week. As a percentage of the work force, union workers fell from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent.
One reason for the decline is simply that workers don’t want to join a union when they have the choice. More states have been adopting right-to-work laws, which allow workers to opt out of mandatory unionization, including traditional union stronghold Michigan at the end of last year. Since right to work passed in Indiana last March, unions lost 56,000 members in the state... The Foundry
With a United States Court of Appeals just recently finding that Obama's stacking of the the NLRB with pro union Democrats was unconstitutional, it will be somewhat more difficult for Obama to help his union supporters. Several things remain to be seen with the court's finding. First and foremost, the Appeals Court finding will surely be appealed to the Supreme Court. Even if the Supreme Court upholds the Appeals Court finding, there is the question of all the NLRB board decisions and what their status will be going forward. If, in the end, the court voids all these NLRB decisions, the NLRB could become impotent for years to come. Rest assured that Obama and the Democrats will enlist legions of lawyers to fight this possibility, since it could be the harbinger of the continued demise of unions and their influence in politics, especially Democrat politics.
I believe the bottom line here, at least for the troll, is that NLRB appointments must be allowed to stand. There is so much union money floating around during political races, they just can't afford to lose more members. User friendly NLRB members are the key. I'm relieved at the DC Court's decision, but the troll will just find another way to get cash and muscle.
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