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Unions Try to Get a Grip in New Economy

"Unions provide a check on employers who are already outsourcing jobs and boosting corporate profits faster than they're raising workers' wages. They fear U.S. living standards will collapse if unions disappear. "The American job will absolutely crumble without their presence," says Sean McAlinden, chief economist at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor. "Job security, health care, vacations and pensions are fragmenting and falling away. I fear the worst." Download entire article in PDF format.

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