Over the past decade, labor-management relations have taken a sharp turn toward confrontation in several states and localities. Political ideologues have attempted to roll back collective bargaining rights in several states and cut back on public employee wages and benefits to balance budgets thrown into deficit. This has led to heated debates in such states as Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
In the midst of this swirling controversy, which has been part of a wider effort to dismantle t
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