2007 Saw First Increase in U.S. Union Membership in 25 Years

Last night the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped some good news -- 2007 saw an increase in union membership in the United States, with 311,000 new workers joining together in unions. That's the first increase in at least 25 years (BLS has only been tracking this since 1983).

American Rights at Work rightly notes that nobody should be misled by this development into thinking that organizing in the U.S. has suddenly become easy. The system is still tilted sharply in favor of corporate interests, not least because of the anti-worker decisions of the Bush NLRB. Full Story....