[Lakeshark]

In better times the Labor board would not have had the power to do what they did.

How did they get that power?

[central_va]

Answer my question or we are done conversing.

[central_va]

For those of you who are lurking on this thread, the actual amount of unionized labor in the private sector manufacturing is a lot smaller than people think. Most off shored manufacturing jobs were NOT union jobs, that is what the Free Traders want you to believe. It is a religion based on beliefs, not facts.

Here are the facts:

Manufacturing (in thousands ):
Total employed:  Unionized:  Percent union:
	13,599 	 1,424        10.5

BLS link here.