The trade union dream is in trouble too. That’s the one in which organized
workers mass enough muscle together to extract what’s due labor from the bosses.
Union membership in the private sector in the United States today has fallen to
levels not seen since the 1930s. Public sector unions are holding steady (where
unions are allowed) but they’re under constant attack from Republican governors,
propagandist media and the profiteers that underwrite both of those.

Labor Day Message: We Can't Labor Without Our Lives

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169698/labor-day-message-we-cant-labor-without-our-lives


Conservatism is a pale horse, and the riders should be called DEATH.