"What's Ironic About That Is That Unions Are Inherently Conservative Institutions"

"Pretty much in every other country in Western Europe, Canada, even Australia and the U.K. (which share some labor-management features with the U.S.), the assumption is that unions are basic ingredient of liberal capitalism.  Among conservatives and business owners in those countries, you'll hear a lot about how they are inefficient, too powerful, or just pains in the ass.  But pretty much everybody accepts them as a normal part of the political/economic/legal landscape.  That's simply not the case here."


Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic interviews Rich Yeselson about the state of American unions.