Wisconsin Was A Loss. But The Fight For Workers Must Move Forward.

dailykos.com — The Wisconsin recall was obviously a blow, a terrible one, to those of us who care about the fate of working people—not just the teachers and librarians and snowplow drivers Scott Walker attacked, but grocery store cashiers and construction workers and accountants and dental hygienists and everyone who has to work for a living. But what does it mean? While one of the big storylines has been that the outcome of the recall would speak to labor's future, we know the story of unions in recent decades. Union density has been declining. That's not new and it's not news. As Josh Eidelson wrote prior to Tuesday's vote, "While resentment toward unions has grown since the 1950s, it’s not because they got too big. It’s because they got too small." When too few people share the benefits of unionization, it's easier for the Scott Walkers of the world to divide and conquer.

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