This is part of TPM Cafe Book Club for Jake Rosenfeld’s What Unions No Longer Do. Rosenfeld’s latest contribution to this here book club is especially timely. For the past few weeks, the liberal commentariat has been having one of its perennial debates over whether the labor movement is dying and, if so, whether we should mourn its passing. This particular iteration of the old back-and-forth was kicked off by Bloomberg View columnist Evan Soltas, who argued that American unions are as good as dead and that’s pretty much okay.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=218103