The holiday season comes early for U.S. labor: What to expect from America’s unions and why?

By Brian McArthur In 2012 Barack Obama won a decisive victory for control of the White House against his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The President’s friend and political ally, Richard Trumka, organized a massive labor offensive that put more than $400 million in the hands of the Democratic party to get the President re-elected. With President Obama securely back in the White House, what will the labor movement’s priorities be going forward for the next four years? Will the labor movement insist the President re-introduce The Employee Free Choice Act knowing that a Republican controlled House of Representatives (Congress) will undoubtedly reject the Bill as they had in 2009? With the President’s solid support of labor’s overarching objectives, will there be a renewed confidence to engage in aggressive collective bargaining activities and, as such, will that lead to more labor disputes in the future? What about union organizing activities? Will labor use the President’s re-election as a catalyst to secure organizing victories to increase the extremely low union density rate? This article argues that the labor movement will be on the offensive over the next four years and will, with the support of the White House, aggressively pursue long sought after policies that they claim will benefit American workers Full Read Click Here