TRUTHOUT: A Wave of Progressive Reform

Peter Olney for Truthout Writes:

If you’ve been a union organizer for as long as we have, you occasionally get invited to speak at a high school or college class on “what do unions do? ” One of the first questions we ask at any class is, “How many of you have worked a union job?” and if so, “What job and what union?”

We can reliably anticipate the most common answer: “I worked a summer job in a supermarket for three months. My check showed a deduction for an initiation fee and dues. I never saw the union and can’t remember its name.”