From Daily Kos: U.S. companies spend $340 million a year and constantly break the law to beat unions
Berry Craig
By LAURA CLAWSON for Daily Kos
RIf you want one big explanation of the decline of unions in the United States, look no further than the barrage of tactics—often illegal—that companies use to throw barriers in the way of any worker attempt to organize. A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute shows just how extreme—and expensive—the anti-union effort is.