"...Union membership, and thus negotiatin' power has been in decline for the last 35 years... Actual membership is down to less than 7% and most of them are municipal or government employees..." ~ B-pert

Actually, the US workforce is 12.4% union right now. Yes, the private sector is only 7.1% but government employees are close tp 1/3 unionized and they are growing since Obama took over.

The Service Employees International Union is growing, but at least 1/2 of their members in the state of Nevada are illegal aliens from Mexico. How does that help fix unemployment in the United States?

Union membership percent has declined steadily since WWII which has little to do with the Liberal boogeyman Reagan. It has more to do with the Middle Class expansion. Once there, people don't feel they need the unions. Look for unions to get stronger in the future as the US Middle Class is dying.