Blowing the whistle on Big Labor By Michelle Malkin • September 3, 2007 01:30 AM The Center for Union Facts is marking Labor Day by reminding Americans of union fatcats and the corruption of Big Labor. The state of the unions is…not good: * Union membership is down to 7.4 percent of private sector employees and down to 12 percent overall (government employees are highly unionized, at a rate of 36.2 percent) – that’s down from a high of 20.1 percent in 1983* Union bosses continue to be criticized for their lavish salaries, even while their membership declines* Even after several...
