Labor's Love Lost
The auto bailouts seem to have come at a very steep price for the labor movement. Public support for unions has now dropped below 50% for the first time since Gallup started asking the question in the 1930s. I think we can now expect that EFCA is not going to pass, with or without card check. When progressives look back at the first hundred days of Obama's presidency, I think they're going to ask if they didn't squander their opportunity for pyrrhic short term gains. High speed rail for health care? GM bailout for EFCA?