Union membership has been on the decline, but the election of Barack Obama has given organized labor reason for political hope.

Matt discussed the Big Three’s big bailout effort and the role unions have played in the demise of the American automobile industry with Dr. Mark Hendrickson of Grove City College.  Stefan Gleason of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation talked about the union’s effort to eliminate the secret ballot.  Rep. Kathy Rapp discussed her bill that stopped forcing teachers to pay fees to a union as a conidition of employment.  Then Mike Reitz of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation in Washington state talked about his organization’s battle to prevent the WEA from using teachers’ dues for political purposes.

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