(Second part of the series on the State of Labor Unions in America) Few graphs can be more dramatic than the two showing membership trends of private and public sector unions. Look at what is happening. These graphs go back to the early 1980s. If you look further back you will see that private sector…

1. Defunct Labor Contract? Construction industry employers are particularly vulnerable to this issue. It may not be defunct! A typical fact pattern is that years ago the contractor signed an assent agreement which typically has language binding them to successor agreements. Later, the company assumed that the contract was stale because they had employed no…