[Jorge]

"Which explains why unions are disappearing."

Are you sure of that?

Yes, anyone can do a search on the topic and see it's true.

Union membership is way down and rapidly dropping in recent years.

[gas0linealley]

Union membership is way down and rapidly dropping in recent years.

I recently saw a graph which showed an upward trend, however, I can't locate it now. Did find this: UNION MEMBERS IN 2005 In 2005, 12.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members, un- changed from 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The union membership rate has declined from a high of 20.1 percent in 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available. Some highlights from the 2005 data are:

From US Dept. of Labor http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm