> Big unions suck. Labor bureaucrats suck big time. It's time that the big
> unions sell off their fancy Washington headquarters and do some real
> labor organizing.
US unions are supposed to be an example of "big unions"? "Big" in terms of absolute numbers, perhaps.
Really "big labor" is unions in those hellholes of exploitation Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland, where upwards of 80% of people in employment. (More than 100% in some cases, as the unemployed are able to join.)
By comparison, the rate in the US is about 10-15%.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/FAQ/UNIONSTATS2002.pdf
Grant.