I\’ll make this short and sweet:

Today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed “right to work” legislation into law, allowing people who work in places where there is a union to decide for themselves whether they want to join rather than being forced to do so.

Wisconsin is now the 25th state to have such laws, with 25 still allowing the forced unionization of all employees in such places.

This leads to the question of how unions are thought of these days, compared to previous times.

Well, In 1957, Gallup showed 75% of the country favoring unions versus 14% against them.  Today it is 53% – 38%.

And in 1957, Gallup showed that 62% favored “right to work” laws which made union membership voluntary rather than compulsory, versus 27% who supported compulsory membership. Today it is 71% – 22%.

Why has the country turned this much against unions?  Is it because the country has changed, because unions have changed, or a combination of both?

Given the Wisconsin legislation, and the anti-union shift shown in the above data, that\’s a question worthy of discussion.  I hope we see some of it in the days to come.