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I'm not a member of a union nor ever have been. But I've worked overseas and observed the U.S. efforts that encourage totalitarian governments to allow unions to operate in their countries as one basis for democratic reform.
It's therefore somewhat ironic that those "great" supporters of democracy, the conservative neocons of the republican party, should be so blatantly anti union. They seem to favor a unipolar marketplace that is anything but democratic and work actively to undercut employees leverage.
Meanwhile CEO incomes have risen exponentially and nary a negative word or effective action from these guys. Perhaps they don't wish to affect the golden parachute that appears to await these congressmen and repub office holders after they leave government service--remember the millions Cheney got from Halliburton. Which parenthetically wasn't a bad investment for that company.
