Unions on Labor Day
Photo credit: Shane Cottle on Unsplash Unions on Labor Day The first attack against unions came with the anti-strike provision of the Taft-Hartley Act (1947) following the employment boom of World War II. For a time, unions swelled as workers filled jobs created by the post-World War II boom in consumer goods. The housing market exploded as people like me filled the ranks of the baby boom. School enrollment also skyrocketed. It seemed as if…