Reinventing the Union

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WSJ.com - Reinventing the Union: "For many workers today, unions seem unable to offer protection against the powerful forces of globalization and technology, which have sent many factory and even white-collar jobs overseas. At the same time, corporate managements with their sophisticated human-resources departments, employee-assistance programs and 'cafeteria' benefit choices have successfully countered union claims that workers could do better if they were organized under a bargaining unit."