GM employees at the Arlington TX plant went on strike this week.  Please read this article.  Now having read the article, is their goal realistic?

History of Unions

Unions organized against Ford for good reason

Taft Hartley Act

National Labor Relations Board

National Right to Work Law

National Right to Work Committee

And the final result of al lthis in one of the most unionized states in the USA, which has had a net  loss of jobs

Michigan.gov

What we have here is a 1950s idea of union shop employment running smack dab into globalization, what will be the result?

If you read all these sites and listen in class you will have completed a better than average labor relations class

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