Art Levine: Labor Targets Unionbusting Firms, Front Groups Profiting from Fear of Workers’ Rights

As political wars broke out yesterday over union rights, at a hearing before the Senate health and labor committee, economic experts were joined by union members — an electrical line repair woman from Alaska and others — who explained the benefits of joining a union as a gateway to the middle class. The battle over the Employee Free Choice Act introduced yesterday, however, is also proving to be a full-employment project not just for lobbyists and flacks , but union avoid