>would it be too stodgy, or too naive, or too deterministic
>to attribute problem with kansas (for that matter, problem
>with u.s., uk edition of frank's is, in fact, titled _what's the
>matter with america_) to small organized labor movement...
>
>euphemistically name 'right to work' movement succeeded
>in 20 southern and western states with relatively little union
>density between end of ww2 and mid-50s (florida was first
>to do so, in 1944), buoyed by these victories, so-called
>'right to workers' became jubliant when, in 1957, indiana
>became first highly industrialized, strong union state to
>jump on bandwagon to restrict union security...
Well, sure, but then what explains the incredible weakness of organized labor - even at the alleged peak of its power, the 1940s and 1950s?
Doug