A. H. Raskin, in The Nation (Sept. 9, 1978), 333 Sixth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10014.
American organized labor is in trouble. The number of union dues- payers is declining (one in four workers now belongs to a union, com- pared with one in three at the end of World War 11). Labor's hopes of reversing this trend through a 1978 Labor Reform Act were shattered successful corporation lobbying in the Senate.
Signs of union distress are everywhere, writes Raskin, former New York Times labor reporter. Management...