That is the subject of the latest issue of The Forum, which should be ungated here (although you may need to register). Here’s the line-up:
- Nick Salvatore, “A Brief Ascendency: American Labor After 1945.”
- Fred Siegel, “The Most Powerful Political Force in the Country.”
- Peter Francia, “Do Unions Still Matter in U.S. Elections? Assessing Labor’s Political Power and Significance.”
- Martin West, Michael Henderson, and Paul Peterson, “The Education Iron Triangle.”
- Janice Fine and Daniel Tichenor, “Solidarities and Restrictions: Labor and Immigration Policy in the United States.”
- John Ahlquist, “Public Sector Unions Need the Private Sector or Why the Wisconsin Protests Were Not Labor’s Lazarus Moment.”
- Chris Rhomberg, “The Return of Judicial Repression: What Has Happened to the Strike?”
- Graham Wilson, “American Unions in Comparative Perspective.”
