Rally or candlelight vigil? Credit: AP Photo/Robert Durell
In the wake of Wisconsin there have been a slew of articles and opinion pieces written about what’s next for labor in America, particularly public service unions. Here are some of the best that we read this week. Read them in order to get a sense of the back and forth in the analysis.
- “Wisconsin recall shows labor isn’t coming back. So what’s next?” by Ezra Klein in The Washington Post’s Wonkbook
- “Wisconsin Sounds Labor’s Death Knell” by Kevin Drum in Mother Jones
- “Whose Interests? Which Corporations?” by Matthew Yglesias in Slate
- “Labor waning: Who will protect the public interest?” by W.W. in The Economist
- “Can unions bounce back?” by Josh Eidelson in Slate
- “Think Again: When Labor Unions Were at the Center of Politics” by Eric Alterman in Center for American Progress
- “The Decline and Fall of Organized Labor” by Bruce Bartlett in The Fiscal Times
- “The End of Unions?” by Aaron Blake in The Washington Post’s The Fix
